"Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be."

Marcus Fabius Quintilian, Roman Philosopher

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Katherine Anne Porter, American Journalist

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"What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"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."

"From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war."

"The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble."

"No man loves the bearer of bad tidings."

"People who know little are usually great talkers, while men who know much say little."

"It's a man's world, and you men can have it."

"What saves a man is to take a step. Then another step."

"Few men have been admired of their familiars."

"And what is the potential man, after all? Is he not the sum of all that is human? Divine, in other words?"

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