"It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit."

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"It is of no consequence of what parents a man is born, as long as he be a man of merit."

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"Pain is as diverse as man. One suffers as one can."

Victor Hugo, French Author

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"Men become accustomed to poison by degrees."

Victor Hugo, French Author

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"Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist legacy of Columbus but affirm dimensions of that legacy by their refusal to repudiate patriarchy?"

bell hooks, American Critic

Man, Men, Columbus

"Woman is a vulgar animal from whom man has created an excessively beautiful ideal."

Gustave Flaubert, French Novelist

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"Men would rather be starving and free than fed in bonds."

Pearl S. Buck, American Novelist

Man, Men

"If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow strictly the teachings of the New, he would be insane."

Robert Green Ingersoll, American Lawyer

Man, Old, Today

"Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of doing the things they do not want to do."

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

Man, Men, Want

"If women are supposed to be less rational and more emotional at the beginning of our menstrual cycle when the female hormone is at its lowest level, then why isn't it logical to say that, in those few days, women behave the most like the way men behave all month long?"

Gloria Steinem, American Activist

Man, Men, Women, Beginning

"The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man."

Sun Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

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"It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

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"Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou knowest not."

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"The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor."

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"Live mindful of how brief your life is."

Life

"Lectio, quae placuit, decies repetita placebit. (What we read with pleasure we can read many times with pleasure.)"

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"Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death."

Death

"The musician who always plays on the same string is laughed at."

Music

"Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?"

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"Pain is as diverse as man. One suffers as one can."

"Men become accustomed to poison by degrees."

"Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist legacy of Columbus but affirm dimensions of that legacy by their refusal to repudiate patriarchy?"

"Woman is a vulgar animal from whom man has created an excessively beautiful ideal."

"Men would rather be starving and free than fed in bonds."

"If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow strictly the teachings of the New, he would be insane."

"Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of doing the things they do not want to do."

"If women are supposed to be less rational and more emotional at the beginning of our menstrual cycle when the female hormone is at its lowest level, then why isn't it logical to say that, in those few days, women behave the most like the way men behave all month long?"

"The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man."

"It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor."

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"Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou knowest not."

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"Live mindful of how brief your life is."

"Lectio, quae placuit, decies repetita placebit. (What we read with pleasure we can read many times with pleasure.)"

"Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow."

"Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself."

"Natales grate numeras?(Do you count your birthdays with gratitude?)"

"Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death."

"The musician who always plays on the same string is laughed at."

"Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?"