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Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done. ↗

— Frederick Douglass

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Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants. ↗

— Epictetus

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Mankind's true moral test, its fundamental test (which lies deeply buried from view), consists of its attitude towards those who are at its mercy: animals. And in this respect mankind has suffered a fundamental debacle, a debacle so fundamental that all others stem from it. ↗

— Milan Kundera

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The intellectual evolution of the race consists in an increase in the number, delicacy, complexity, permanence and speed of formation of such associations. ↗

— Edward Thorndike

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Shoe Suede Blues is ten years old this year. The Band consists of four members. ↗

— Peter Tork

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All violence consists in some people forcing others, under threat of suffering or death, to do what they do not want to do. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

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True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision. ↗

— Edith Wharton

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But active programming consists of the design of new programs, rather than contemplation of old programs. ↗

— Niklaus Wirth

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Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen, and thinking what nobody has thought. ↗

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

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Our mind is capable of passing beyond the dividing line we have drawn for it. Beyond the pairs of opposites of which the world consists, other, new insights begin. ↗

— Hermann Hesse

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