» Christian Nestell Bovee (1820-1904) American epigrammatic Writerand lawyer
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» Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890-1969) 34th President of the USA
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The desire of excessive power caused the angels to fall; the desire of knowledge caused men to fall.
» Francis Bacon (1561-1626) British statesman and philosopher
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» François de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French Writerand philosopher
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» Gaston Bachelard (1884-1962) French philosopher and poet
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» Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811-1896) American Writerand philanthropist
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» Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American naturalist, poet and philosopher, abolitionist
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» James Allen (1864-1912) British-born American essayist
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» James Baldwin (1924-1987) African-American writer
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» Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe (1749-1832) German poet, novelist and dramatist
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» John Adams (1735-1826) Second President of the USA
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» John Ruskin (1819-1900) English weiter and art critic
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» Denis Diderot (1713-1784) French philosopher
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» François de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680) French Writerand philosopher
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» George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish playwright, critic, political activist
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» Henry Fielding (1707-1754) English novelist and dramatist
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» James Russell Lowell (1819-1891) American romantic poet, critic and editor
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» John Locke (1632-1704) English philosopher
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