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A Man of the People (1966)
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A man of worth never gets up to unsay what he said yesterday.
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When a mad man walks naked, it is his kinsmen who feel shame, not himself.
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In such a regime, I say, you died a good death if your life had inspired someone to come forward and shoot your murderer in the chest—without asking to be paid.
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A goat does not eat into a hen's stomach no matter how friendly the two may be.
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As a rule I don't like suffering to no purpose. Suffering should be creative, should give birth to something good and lovely.
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In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it ability, coupled with exertion, even though unaided by patronage, cannot fail of obtaining reward.
Charles Babbage
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Born:
November 16, 1930
Died:
March 21, 2013
(aged 82)
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