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What American military officer said the famous yet simple line, "War is Hell"?
William Tecumseh Sherman
George Patton
Anthony Wayne
Ulysses S. Grant
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The phrase "that which doesn't kill us makes us stronger" is a common one in the English language, but it was originated by what writer?
William Shakespeare
Friedrich Nietzsche
Edgar Allen Poe
Anton Chekhov
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What legendary Greek philosopher said the highly true line "Necessity is the mother of invention"?
Homer
Aristotle
Plato
Socrates
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What man, in his famous speech "The Gettysburg Address," spoke the now legendary line " . . . that government of the people, by the people, and for the people should not perish from this earth"?
Abraham Lincoln
Martin Luther King Jr.
Thomas Jefferson
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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What Chinese military philosopher wrote The Art of War which contained such famous quotes as "All warfare is based on deception"?
Sima Qian
Sun Tzu
Sun Bu
Bin Sang
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The quote "Familiarity breeds contempt." was a line spoken by what philosopher?
Dante
Paracelsus
Bassho
Aesop
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The quote "Better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all" was originally uttered by what saint and philosopher?
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Martin of Tours
St. Augustine
St. Thomas Aquinas
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What American President, in his inaugural address, said the now-famous quote, "The only thing we have to fear is fear itself"?
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Abraham Lincoln
Dwight Eisenhower
Theodore Roosevelt
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What social and economic theorist urged revolution by saying "Workers of the world unite; you have nothing to lose but your chains."?
Karl Marx
John Maynard Keynes
Adam Smith
Andrew Bernstein
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"Imagination is more important than knowledge." is a famous quote attributed to what scientist?
Marie Curie
Albert Einstein
Nicholas Copernicus
Isaac Newton
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The famous saying "To err is human; to forgive divine" was originally recorded by what writer?
Stephen Crane
Alfred Noyes
Alexander Pope
Albert Camus
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"That's one small step for (a) man, one giant leap for mankind." is a legendary quote spoken by what astronaut?
John Glenn
Alan Shepard
Neil Armstrong
Buzz Aldrin
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Although most people know it from its overuse in the Spider-Man movies, the line "With great power comes great responsibility." was originally spoken by what man?
John Locke
Thomas Hobbes
Baron de Montesquieu
Voltaire
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"You must be the change you wish to see in the world." was a quote from what iconic historical figure?
Mahatma Gandhi
Martin Luther King Jr.
Napoleon Bonaparte I
Sitting Bull
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What Chinese philosopher said the encouraging line "A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step."?
Sun Cho
Lu Win
Sun Tzu
Laozi
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What famous author said the quote, "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened."?
Tom Clancy
Stephen King
O. Henry
Dr. Seuss
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What world leader in World War Two announced that his nation would repel the Axis Powers with a speech in which he said, "We will fight on the beaches, we will fight on the landing grounds . . ." etc.?
Winston Churchill
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Joseph Stalin
Charles de Gaulle
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The line "If you want something done right, do it yourself," has been used multiple times by multiple people, but it was originally said by what writer?
John Milton
Oscar Wilde
Charles-Guillame Etienne
Anton Chekhov
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As a rather silly yet helpful line, the quote "Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise." was made by what person?
Ronald Reagan
Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
Ben Franklin
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The rather simple yet insightful line "Ignorance is bliss." was said originally by what poet?
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
William Faulkner
Dante
Thomas Gray
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"I think, therefore I am." is a rather profound quote from what philosopher?
Immanuel Kant
Rene Descartes
David Hume
John Locke
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"Let them eat cake." is a famous quote that may not have been said by, but is commonly attributed to, what figure in history?
Louis XIV
Mary Antoinette
Jospeh Stalin
King George III
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"Free at last, free at last, thank God almighty we are free at last." was the iconic final line of what Martin Luther King Jr. work?
"I Have a Dream"
"Born to Live"
"The Alabama Man Sermon"
Letters from a Birmingham Jail
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"Whenever you find yourself on the side of a majority, it is time to pause and reflect." is a bit of the usual acerbic wit of what writer?
C.S. Lewis
J.D. Salinger
Mark Twain
Ben Franklin
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"A rose by any other name would still smell as sweetly." was a line from what Shakespearean play?
King Lear
Romeo and Juliet
Julius Caesar
Macbeth
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What American President famously said "Speak softly and carry a big stick; you will go far." to summarize his foreign policy?
George H. W. Bush
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt
Ronald Reagan
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The famous line "If at first you don't succeed, try try again." was originally written by what person?
James Madison
Ambrose Bierce
Oscar Wilde
William Edward Hickson
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What American President, in his inaugural address, made the famous quote "Ask not what your country can do for you, ask what you can do for your country"?
Theodore Roosevelt
John F. Kennedy
James Garfield
Lyndon Baines Johnson
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What person said the line "Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely"?
John Dalberg Acton
William Edward Hickson
Euripedes
Voltaire
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"It is better to be feared than loved if you cannot be both." was a quote from the works of what iconic philosopher?
Geoffrey Chaucer
Thomas More
Machiavelli
Virgil
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"Friends show their love in times of trouble, not happiness.” is a more light-hearted quote from what writer?
Socrates
Euripedes
Plato
Homer
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“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” was a quote from what author's works?
Laozi
Oscar Wilde
Anthony Perkins
John C. Maxwell
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"Love is patient, love is kind. It does not envy, it does not boast, it is not proud." is a quote from what book of the Bible?
Sirach
Judah
Maccabees
Corinthians
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