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She had wit, she had grace, she had beauty; But above all, she had truth.', Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina', Russian mystic & novelist (1828 - 1910)
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.', G. K. Chesterton', English author & mystery novelist (1874 - 1936)
One whose chief regard is for his own mind, and for the divinity within him and the service of its goodness, will strike no poses, utter no complaints, and crave neither for solitude nor yet for a crowd. Best of all, his life will be free from continual pursuing and avoiding.', Marcus Aurelius, Meditations – Book Three',
No president in history has been more vilified or was more vilivied during the time he was President than Lincoln. Those who knew him, his secretaries, have written that he was deeply hurt by what was said about him and drawn about him, but on the other hand, Lincoln had the great strength of character never to display it, always able to stand tall and strong and firm no matter how harsh or unfair the criticism might be. These elements of greatness, of course, inspire us all today.', Richard Nixon',
Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense.', Gertrude Stein', US author in France (1874 - 1946)