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I maintain also that substances, whether material or immaterial, cannot be conceived in their bare essence without any activity, activity being of the essence of substance in general. ↗

— Gottfried Leibniz

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It's now expected of me that I will defy expectation, so I really generally seem to be free to write what I want. ↗

— Jonathan Lethem

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What's lucky about my career in general is that I stumbled into what every writer most wants. Not repeating myself and doing strange things has become my trademark. ↗

— Jonathan Lethem

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It is time for the general fund to pay the Social Security fund back. ↗

— Jacob Lew

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When a man fails to see the truth of certain generally accepted views, there is no law compelling him to provoke animosity by announcing his dissent. ↗

— George Henry Lewes

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Since hydrogen is a constituent of most of our electrolytic solvents, the definition of an acid or base as a substance which gives up or takes up hydrogen ion would be more general than the one we used before, but it would not be universal. ↗

— Gilbert Newton Lewis

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When philosophers try to be politicians they generally cease to be philosophers. ↗

— Walter Lippmann

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Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment. ↗

— Titus Livius

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My grandfather was a general in the Nationalist Chinese Air Force during World War II, and I grew up hearing the pilot stories and seeing pictures of him in uniform. ↗

— Eric Liu

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A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself. ↗

— Titus Livius

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