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The rise of the Dutch Republic must ever be regarded as one of the leading events of modern times. ↗

— John Lothrop Motley

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A particularly fine head on a man usually means that he is stupid; particularly deep philosophers are usually shallow thinkers; in literature, talents not much above the average are usually regarded by their contemporaries as geniuses. ↗

— Robert Musil

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War is the slaughter of human beings, temporarily regarded as enemies, on as large a scale as possible. ↗

— Jeanette Rankin

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Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves. ↗

— Robert Anton Wilson

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