>>>People of non-Anglosaxon cultures obviously never said anything smart, save for token presence of Voltaire, who was co-opted.
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>>>#1 entry in my new list that I promised I will begin compiling. May I ask for a link to the source, so I can reference it later?
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>>(Emphasis mine)
>>I find it interesting that you make that 'leap' in your assumptions.
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>A leap or 'leap'?
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>The emphasis may be on just the word 'obviously', because in that long list (and now, remembering others I saw, even whole books I leafed through in a bookstore) there isn't anybody else that merited inclusion.

For your enjoyment, here is a mish-mash of quotes. Some anglo-saxon, some not. Typical of what is repeated and in most books on quotations or used in other writings:

Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from an indomitable will.
An eye for eye only ends up making the whole world blind.
Deal with the faults of others as gently as with your own.
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.
Imagination is the one weapon in the war against reality
You must believe in free will; there is no choice.
In life we all have an unspeakable secret, an irreversible regret, an unreachable dream and an unforgettable love.
What orators lack in depth they make up for in length.
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something
All truly wise thoughts have been thought already thousands of times; but to make them truly ours, we must think them over again honestly, till they take root in our personal experience
Useless laws weaken necessary laws.
History is philosophy teaching by examples
An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war

And one of my favorites:
The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him


Note: I intentionally left out some very obvious ones like confucius - just too common.