#persons

The rights of persons, and the rights of property, are the objects, for the protection of which Government was instituted. ↗

— James Madison

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If you want to get rich from writing, write the sort of thing that's read by persons who move their lips when they're reading to themselves. ↗

— Don Marquis

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The first census in 1790 asked just six questions: the name of the head of the household, the number of free white males older than 16, the number of free white males younger than 16, the number of free white females, the number of other free persons, and the number of slaves. ↗

— Tom G. Palmer

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Vulgar and common persons, as they carry nothing out of this world, so they leave nothing in it: they receive no eminency in their birth, they acquire none in their life, they have none when they die, they leave none at their death. ↗

— John Pearson

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The rulers of the state are the only persons who ought to have the privilege of lying, either at home or abroad; they may be allowed to lie for the good of the state. ↗

— Plato

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And in times and places where there was not much persecution, people could become and continue Christians who neither were nor professed to be very devoted persons. ↗

— Robert Rainy

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Persons who are born too soon or born too late seldom achieve the eminence of those who are born at the right time. ↗

— Katharine Anthony

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We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities. ↗

— Thomas Mann

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It's not good to focus on one person or two persons about being your rivals. The important thing is just to train hard and be ready for the competition and to prepare for the races so that in case of anything that comes out, you are able to handle it. ↗

— David Rudisha

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Never lose sight of the fact that all human felicity lies in man's imagination, and that he cannot think to attain it unless he heeds all his caprices. The most fortunate of persons is he who has the most means to satisfy his vagaries. ↗

— Marquis de Sade

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