We have in England a curious belief in first-rate people, meaning all the people we do not know; and this consoles us for the undeniable second-rateness of the people we do know.

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• Friedrich Nietzsche

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  Tuesday, Oct 15, 1844
  Saturday, Aug 25, 1900

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  Monday, Mar 31, 1727

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  Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
  

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• Stephen Covey

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• Martin Luther King, Jr.

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  Tuesday, Jan 15, 1929
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• Socrates

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  Thursday, Jan 01, 1970
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  Tuesday, Aug 15, 1769
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  Thursday, Oct 02, 1890
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• John C. Maxwell

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