"This head has risen above its hair in a moment of abandon known only to men who have drawn their feet out of their boots to walk awhile in the corridors of the mind."

Man, Men, Feet, Hair, Mind

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"This head has risen above its hair in a moment of abandon known only to men who have drawn their feet out of their boots to walk awhile in the corridors of the mind."

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"With prophecies the commentator is often a more important man than the prophet."

Georg C. Lichtenberg, German Physicist

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"Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another."

Sigmund Freud, Austrian Psychologist

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"Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

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"A man can be himself only so long as he is alone."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

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"The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

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"So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

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"It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts."

Will Rogers, American Actor

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"Produce great men, the rest follows."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

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"And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

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"If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

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"The heart of the jealous knows the best and most satisfying love, that of the other's bed, where the rival perfects the lover's imperfections."

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"An image is a stop the mind makes between uncertainties."

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"A strong sense of identity gives man an idea he can do no wrong; too little accomplishes the same."

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"Time is a great conference planning our end, and youth is only the past putting a leg forward."

Time

"We are adhering to life now with our last muscle - the heart."

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"Life is painful, nasty and short... in my case it has only been painful and nasty."

Life

"New York is the meeting place of the peoples, the only city where you can hardly find a typical American."

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"With prophecies the commentator is often a more important man than the prophet."

"Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another."

"Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind."

"A man can be himself only so long as he is alone."

"The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company."

"So live with men as if God saw you and speak to God, as if men heard you."

"It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts."

"Produce great men, the rest follows."

"And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero."

"If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind."

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"The heart of the jealous knows the best and most satisfying love, that of the other's bed, where the rival perfects the lover's imperfections."

"An image is a stop the mind makes between uncertainties."

"A strong sense of identity gives man an idea he can do no wrong; too little accomplishes the same."

"What is a ruin but time easing itself of endurance?"

"The priceless galaxy of misinformation called the mind."

"To love without criticism is to be betrayed."

"Time is a great conference planning our end, and youth is only the past putting a leg forward."

"We are adhering to life now with our last muscle - the heart."

"Life is painful, nasty and short... in my case it has only been painful and nasty."

"New York is the meeting place of the peoples, the only city where you can hardly find a typical American."