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"Most people know no other way of judging men's worth but by the vogue they are in, or the fortunes they have met with."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Man, Men, People, Worth

"A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

Man, Open, Question

"A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Man, Men, Gratitude, Desire, Nothing

"Pain is as diverse as man. One suffers as one can."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Man, Pain

"Men become accustomed to poison by degrees."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Man, Men, Poison

"Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist legacy of Columbus but affirm dimensions of that legacy by their refusal to repudiate patriarchy?"

bell hooks, American Critic

Man, Men, Columbus

"Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Man, Men, Advice, Nothing

"There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Man, Men, Society, Nothing, Vices

"There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Man, Men, Being, Observation

"It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Man, Men, Mind, Weakness

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"I love a finished speaker, I really, truly do I don't mean one who's polished, I just mean one who's through."

Love

"Until Eve arrived, this was a man's world."

Man

"When it comes to eating, you can sometimes help yourself more by helping yourself less."

Eating

"In larger things we are convivial; what causes trouble is the trivial."

Cause

"Beauty is only skin deep, and the world is full of thin skinned people."

Beauty

"Retired is being tired twice, I've thought, first tired of working, then tired of not."

Thought

"That money talks, I'll not deny, I heard it once: It said, 'Goodbye'."

Money

"It is all right to hold a conversation but you should let go of it now and then."

Conversation

"Politics, it seems to me, for years, or all too long, has been concerned with right or left instead of right or wrong."

Politics