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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable o

The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. – G.B. Shaw, Man and Superman, 1903

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The eager and often inconsiderate appeals of reformers and revolutionists are indispensable to counterbalance the inertia and fossilism marking so large a part of human institutions. – Walt Whitman, Democratic Vistas, 1871

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Do not quench your inspiration and your imagination; do not become the slave of your model. – Vincent Van Gogh

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