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If you give me six lines written by the hand of the most honest of men, I will find something in them which will hang him.
- Cardinal Richelieu (disputed)
42
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
- Unknown; inaccurately credited to Charles de Gaulle
43
Tyranny is the deliberate removal of nuance.
- Albert Maysles
44
The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves, and wiser people so full of doubts.
- Bertrand Russell (paraphrased)
45
Do I contradict myself? Very well then I contradict myself. I am large, I contain multitudes.
- Walt Whitman - Leaves of Grass
9 Comments
Insaniot
+26
Level 63
Sep 13, 2019
Luckily for the world, I’m a fool full of doubts.
lookingforenergy
+2
Level 23
Jan 17, 2020
Same
bibohbi
+3
Level 61
Sep 5, 2021
unluckily for the world, I'm a fool always so certain of myself.
priamos
+4
Level 64
Feb 10, 2020
The one about the graveyards is by Georges Clemenceau, the French WW-I prime minister. His party wanted to discourage his retirement. He responded with the quoted words, adding "...who have been replaced".
kalbahamut
+2
Level 79
Mar 27, 2020
Funny I know a certain group of people lately who love to complain about the word nuance.
PeregrineFalcon
+2
Level 79
Apr 27, 2020
I like the quotes and facts! There is a small typo: Betrand should be Bertrand
Quizmaster
+5
Level ∞
Apr 27, 2020
Fixed
PitifulExcuse
+2
Level 65
Feb 5, 2024
No disrespect to Russel but Yeats put it better in The Second Coming, written in the aftermath of WWI.

The best lack all conviction, while the worst

Are full of passionate intensity.

irs33
+1
Level 58
Apr 12, 2026
For #45, technically the Poem is called Song of Myself and the Collection is Leaves of Grass, so while it is in Leaves of Grass, it is more specifically found in the poem Song of Myself, which was collected in Leaves of Grass
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