"It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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

Samuel Johnson, English Author

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"Let no such man be trusted."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

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

George Eliot, British Author

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"Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

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"A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery."

Thomas Fuller, English Clergyman

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"If a man has nothing to eat, fasting is the most intelligent thing he can do."

Hermann Hesse, German Novelist

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"Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

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"A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

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"In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"In all professions each affects a look and an exterior to appear what he wishes the world to believe that he is. Thus we may say that the whole world is made up of appearances."

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"As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing."

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"There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations."

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"Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly."

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"True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen."

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"It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone."

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"The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having seen, makes up a good part of our sincerity."

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"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."

"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."

"Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts."

"A little skill in antiquity inclines a man to Popery."

"If a man has nothing to eat, fasting is the most intelligent thing he can do."

"Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude."

"A man that does not know how to be angry does not know how to be good."

"In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary."

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"Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another."

"We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones."

"We pardon to the extent that we love."

"In all professions each affects a look and an exterior to appear what he wishes the world to believe that he is. Thus we may say that the whole world is made up of appearances."

"As it is the characteristic of great wits to say much in few words, so small wits seem to have the gift of speaking much and saying nothing."

"There is only one kind of love, but there are a thousand imitations."

"Never give anyone the advice to buy or sell shares, because the most benevolent price of advice can turn out badly."

"True love is like ghosts, which everyone talks about and few have seen."

"It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone."

"The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having seen, makes up a good part of our sincerity."