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The proper study of mankind is woman. - Henry Adams

The proper study of mankind is woman. – Henry Adams

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Nothing in education is so astonishing as the amount of ignorance it accumulates in the form of inert facts. – Henry Adams

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The real man is one who always finds excuses for others, but never excuses himself. – Henry Ward Beecher

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Mark how fleeting and paltry is the estate of man–yesterday in embryo, tomorrow a mummy or ashes. So for the hairsbreadth of time assigned to thee, live rationally, and part with life cheerfully, as drops the ripe olive, extolling the season that bore it and the tree that matured it. – Marcus Antonius

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Our humanity is a poor thing, except for the divinity that stirs within us. – Francis Bacon

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I am convinced that the world is not a mere bog in which men and women trample themselves and die. Something magnificent is taking place here amidst the cruelties and tragedies, and the supreme challenge to intelligence is that of making the noblest and best in our curious heritage prevail. – Charles Austin Beard

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If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home. – James Michener

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