"Most men are within a finger's breadth of being mad."

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"Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away."

"Men exist for the sake of one another."

"When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land."

"A man should be upright, not be kept upright."

"In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it."

"Let no such man be trusted."

"I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just."

"When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind."

"We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members."

"Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution."

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"When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man."

"I threw my cup away when I saw a child drinking from his hands at the trough."

"A friend is one soul abiding in two bodies."

"It was a favorite expression of Theophrastus that time was the most valuable thing that a man could spend."

"It takes a wise man to discover a wise man."

"Man is the most intelligent of the animals - and the most silly."