Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936)

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I always prefer to believe the best of everybody; it saves so much trouble (Source). Added 12/13/2012

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The photo of Rudyard Kipling is in the Public Domain.

Linda Ellerbee (b. 1944)

People are pretty much alike. It's only that our differences are more susceptible to definition than our similarities (Source). Added 12/8/2012

Pierre Bayle (1647-1706)

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There is not less wit nor less invention in applying rightly a thought one finds in a book, than in being the first author of that thought (Source). Added 11/30/2012

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The photo of Pierre Bayle is in the Public Domain as it is more than 70 years old.