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Exhibit 001
“The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena.”
Theodore Roosevelt Verdict: Said it Exhibit 002“If there is no struggle there is no progress.”
Frederick Douglass Verdict: Said it Exhibit 003“Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson Verdict: Said it Exhibit 004“Lost time is never found again; and what we call time enough, always proves little enough.”
Benjamin Franklin Verdict: Said it Exhibit 005“Our life is frittered away by detail. … Simplify, simplify.”
Henry David Thoreau Verdict: Said it · Often spliced Exhibit 006“It is not that we have a short space of time, but that we waste much of it.”
Seneca Verdict: Said it Exhibit 007“The obstacle is the way.”
Marcus Aurelius Verdict: Paraphrase Exhibit 008“Be the change you wish to see in the world.”
Credited to Mahatma Gandhi Verdict: Misattributed Exhibit 009“Insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
Credited to Albert Einstein Verdict: Didn't say itHouse rules
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