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RW-11.6- Man is only great when he acts from passion. - Benjamin Disraeli 1804 - 1881

YT-11.6 - Man is only great when he acts from passion. - Benjamin Disraeli 1804 - 1881

Insults are the arguments employed by those who are in the wrong. - Jean-Jacques Rousseau 1712 - 1778 - RW-22.8

RW-12.1- A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. - Francis Bacon 1561 – 1626