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Quote by Jonathan Swift
When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that al

When a true genius appears, you can know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in a confederacy against him. – Jonathan Swift

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Satire is a sort of glass wherein beholders do generally discover everybodys face but their own; which is the chief reason for that kind reception it meets with in the world, and that so very few are offended with it. – Jonathan Swift

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The best doctors in the world are Doctor Diet, Doctor Quiet, and Doctor Merryman. – Jonathan Swift

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I do have concerns about the current efforts to restructure our nations intelligence community. – Ted Stevens

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Immaturity is the incapacity to use ones intelligence without the guidance of another. – Immanuel Kant

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If men can develop weapons that are so terrifying as to make the thought of global war include almost a sentence for suicide, you would think that mans intelligence and his comprehension… would include also his ability to find a peaceful solution. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Music is an art that expresses the inexpressible. It rises far above what words can mean or the intelligence define. Its domain is the imponderable and impalpable land of the unconscious. – Charles Munch

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People can be more forgiving than you can imagine. But you have to forgive yourself. Let go of whats bitter and move on. – Bill Cosby

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I have a disproportionate amount of faith in the goodness of the world and that everything will actually work out okay. – Sloane Crosley

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