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So that between the Cape of St. Maria and Japan we were four months and twenty-two days; at which time there were no more than six besides myself that could stand upon his feet. ↗

— William Adams

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Social advance depends as much upon the process through which it is secured as upon the result itself. ↗

— Jane Addams

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A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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Admiration is a very short-lived passion, that immediately decays upon growing familiar with its object. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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What atonement is there for blood spilt upon the earth? ↗

— Aeschylus

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When Religion and Royalty are swept away, the people will attack the great, and after the great, they will fall upon the rich. ↗

— Honore de Balzac

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The perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception. ↗

— Samuel Alexander

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Much melancholy has devolved upon mankind, and it is detestable to me that might will triumph in the end. ↗

— Karel Capek

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In hatred as in love, we grow like the thing we brood upon. What we loathe, we graft into our very soul. ↗

— Mary Renault

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I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand. ↗

— Susan B. Anthony

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