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When a true genius appears in the world, you may know him by this

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

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Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the provision of life, and are allured by their appetites to their destruction. – Jonathan Swift

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All progress has resulted from people who took unpopular positions. – Adlai Stevenson, speech, Princeton, 1954

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Men will sooner surrender their rights than their customs. – Moritz Guedemann

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