"Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all."

God, Men, Man

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"Man is more interesting than men. God made him and not them in his image. Each one is more precious than all."

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Samuel Butler, British Poet

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Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

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David Foster Wallace, American Writer

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David Herbert Lawrence, English Writer

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William Butler Yeats, Irish Poet

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"I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress."

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"No theory is good unless it permits, not rest, but the greatest work. No theory is good except on condition that one use it to go on beyond."

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"Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible only if today's makes way for it; that each wave owes the beauty of its line only to the withdrawal of the preceding one."

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"One does not discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time."

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