>>>>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.
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>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:
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>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
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>And one of my favorites:
>The only fool bigger than the person who knows it all is the person who argues with him
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>Note: I intentionally left out some very obvious ones like confucius - just too common.

Yeah, you wouldn't want to confuse us.