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I'm very happy, very delighted. I'm setting to like a fighting cockerel, for I'm surrounded here by all that I love.

Claude Monet (2014). “Monet by Himself: Paintings, Drawings, Pastels, Letters”, Chartwell

Setting themselves against reason, as often as reason is against them.

Thomas Hobbes (2016). “The Essential Leviathan: A Modernized Edition”, p.57, Hackett Publishing

The chief business of the nation, as a nation, is the setting up of heroes, mainly bogus.

H. L. Mencken (2009). “Prejudices: Third Series”, p.20, Cosimo, Inc.

Pessimism is my default setting.

"Britain's funniest women". Interview with Stuart Husband, Horatia Harrod, www.telegraph.co.uk. October 27, 2010.

Pleasure is in itself a good; nay, even setting aside immunity from pain, the only good.

Jeremy Bentham (1996). “The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham: An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation”, p.100, Clarendon Press

Setting goals that have already been achieved is a cop-out.

Interview with Mick Grant, John Molvar, www.youthrunner.com. January 12, 2011.

We are setting out to create new worlds, new beings, new modes of consciousness.

William S. Burroughs (2013). “The Adding Machine”, p.127, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.

True modesty and true pride are much the same thing: both consist in setting a just value on ourselves - neither more nor less.

William Hazlitt (2015). “Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)”, p.1481, Delphi Classics

Those who are fond of setting things to rights, have no great objection to seeing them wrong.

William Hazlitt (1837). “Characteristics: in the manner of Rochefoucault's Maxims [by W. Hazlitt].”, p.148

Life has its ups and downs, so to expect otherwise is setting yourself up for disappointment.

"Tim Matheson: On the Whole Live Challenge and never wallowing in disappointment". Interview with Robert Piper, www.marandapleasantmedia.com.

Let us understand Darwinism so we can walk in the opposite direction when it comes to setting up society.

"Eden and Evolution". Interview with Shankar Vedantam, www.washingtonpost.com. February 5, 2006.

I grew up in Houston, in a pretty urbane setting.

"Mireille Enos Is Killing Us". Interview with Tom Chiarella, www.esquire.com. April 15, 2012.