William Faulkner (1897 - 1962) American writer and Nobel Prize laureate. Faulkner 's literary works included novels, poetry, short stories, essays, screen plays, and a play. This quote is from his novel Absalom, Absalom! published in 1936

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Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865) The 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in April 1865

Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865) The 16th president of the United States from 1861 until his assassination in April 1865

Plato - (428 ~ 347 BC) Athenian philosopher during Ancient Greece's Classical period. He was the founder of the Platonist school of thought, and the Academy, the first institution of higher learning in the Western world.