Man Quotes
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With the monstrous weapons man already has, humanity is in danger of being trapped in this world by its moral adolescents.
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A man becomes the creature of his uniform.
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If a man sets his heart on benevolence he will be free from evil.
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Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is.
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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
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Nothing can resist the will of man when he knows what is true and wills what is good.
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Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
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What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it towards the condition of the man who wrote.
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The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.
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Next to creating a life the finest thing a man can do is save one.
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The state of mind which enables a man to do work of this kind is akin to that of the religious worshiper or the lover; the daily effort comes from no deliberate intention or program, but straight from the heart.
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The stage is more beholding to love than the life of man. For as to the stage, love is ever matter of comedies and now and then of tragedies; but in life it doth much mischief, sometimes like a Siren, sometimes like a Fury.
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A politician is an arse upon which everyone has sat except a man.
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Pride and excess bring disaster for man.
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No man is rich enough to buy back his past.
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If the bee disappeared off the surface of the globe, then man would have only four years of life left. No more bees, no more pollination, no more plants, no more animals, no more man.
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After marriage, the other man's wife looks more beautiful.
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A man is not learned until he can read, write and swim.
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Sometimes the poor are praised for being thrifty. But to recommend thrift to the poor is both grotesque and insulting. It is like advising a man who is starving to eat less.
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Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
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I am an invisible man. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids - and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.
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The proud man counts his newspaper clippings, the humble man his blessings.
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The value of a man should be seen in what he gives and not in what he is able to receive.
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Laws alone can not secure freedom of expression; in order that every man present his views without penalty there must be spirit of tolerance in the entire population.
