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  1. Johann von Goethe:

    Man supposes that he directs his life and governs his actions, when his existence is irretrievably under the control of destiny.

  2. Lawrence Sterne:

    To have respect for ourselves guides our morals and to have a deference for others governs our manners.

  3. Susan Sontag:

    Victims suggest innocence. And innocence, by the inexorable logic that governs all relational terms, suggests guilt.

  4. Craig Hall:

    The administrative rule has the same effect as law, and it governs all licensed therapists and doctors.

  5. Benjamin Franklin, In response to the situation of the colonists:

    Passion governs, and she never governs wisely.


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