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"Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little."
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"Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us if the normal man does not amaze."
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"A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good."
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"I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act."
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"Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his favor, too."
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"Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat."
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"No man may make another free."
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"Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men."
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"Do we elect a man because of what he stands for, because of where he stands on the issues, because how he makes the nation feel?"
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"In every author let us distinguish the man from his works."
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"We're more sexually repressed than men, having been given a much more strict puritanical code of behavior than men ever have."
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"The art of living well and the art of dying well are one."
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"If thou wilt make a man happy, add not unto his riches but take away from his desires."
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"You don't develop courage by being happy in your relationships everyday. You develop it by surviving difficult times and challenging adversity."
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"If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another."
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"It is possible to provide security against other ills, but as far as death is concerned, we men live in a city without walls."
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"It is impossible to live a pleasant life without living wisely and well and justly. And it is impossible to live wisely and well and justly without living a pleasant life."
Life

"It is better for you to be free of fear lying upon a pallet, than to have a golden couch and a rich table and be full of trouble."
Fear

"I would rather be first in a little Iberian village than second in Rome."
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"We do not so much need the help of our friends as the confidence of their help in need."
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"There is no such thing as justice in the abstract; it is merely a compact between men."
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