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"No men are oftener wrong than those that can least bear to be so."
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"Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them."
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"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."
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"Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away."
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"Genius: the superhuman in man."
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"Men exist for the sake of one another."
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"One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best."
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"When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land."
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"A man should be upright, not be kept upright."
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"There are certainly not so many men of large fortune in the world, as there are pretty women to deserve them."
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"Sentences are like sharp nails, which force truth upon our memories."
Truth
"The pit of a theatre is the one place where the tears of virtuous and wicked men alike are mingled."
Man
"If you want me to believe in God, you must make me touch him."
God
"Watch out for the fellow who talks about putting things in order! Putting things in order always means getting other people under your control."
People
"It is said that desire is a product of the will, but the converse is in fact true: will is a product of desire."
Desire
"Power acquired by violence is only a usurpation, and lasts only as long as the force of him who commands prevails over that of those who obey."
Power
"The best mannered people make the most absurd lovers."
Love
"Only a very bad theologian would confuse the certainty that follows revelation with the truths that are revealed. They are entirely different things."
Certainty
"Gaiety is a quality of ordinary men. Genius always presupposes some disorder in the machine."
Man
"No man has received from nature the right to command his fellow human beings."
Nature
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