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Roman politician and general -100–-44 BC

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British novelist, poet, playwright and Nobel Prize for Lite… 1911–1993

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pre-Socratic Greek philosopher -486–-411 BC

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Greek mathematician, physicist, engineer, inventor, and ast… -287–-212 BC

Jan Tinbergen21

Dutch economist 1903–1994

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American economist 1918–2002

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French author of maxims and memoirs 1613–1680

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German-Prussian soldier and military theorist 1780–1831

Aesop36

ancient Greek storyteller -620–-564 BC

Robert Fulghum82

American writer 1937

Ben Carson191

17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urb… 1951

Martin Buber58

German Jewish Existentialist philosopher and theologian 1878–1965

Gautama Buddha121

philosopher, reformer and the founder of Buddhism -563–-483 BC

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Athenian playwright of New Comedy -342–-291 BC

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British economist and author 1910–2013

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Polish writer 1909–1966

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American science fiction author, philosopher, cult leader, … 1911–1986

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French poet, screenwriter 1900–1977

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ancient Roman rhetor 35–96

Will Rogers121

American humorist and entertainer 1879–1935

Cesare Pavese137

Italian poet, novelist, literary critic, and translator 1908–1950