"I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break."

Man, Men, Cities

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"I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break."

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"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."

Margot Asquith, English Author

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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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"Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

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"The right man is the one who seizes the moment."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

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"Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition."

Michel de Montaigne, French Philosopher

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"There is no evil in the atom; only in men's souls."

Adlai E. Stevenson, American Politician

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"As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can never regress."

Marcel Proust, French Author

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"Very few men imprisoned for economic crimes or even crimes of passion against the oppressor feel that they are really guilty."

George Jackson, American Activist

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"When men have money and power they get turned on, sexually. They get horny as hell. Can't imagine why, though."

Penelope Spheeris, American Director

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"There is no greater calling than to serve your fellow men. There is no greater contribution than to help the weak. There is no greater satisfaction than to have done it well."

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"If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it."

Being

"As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning."

Beginning

"The destiny of man is in his own soul."

Soul

"Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects."

Time

"Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh."

People

"One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end."

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"But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods."

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"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."

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

"Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long."

"The right man is the one who seizes the moment."

"Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition."

"There is no evil in the atom; only in men's souls."

"As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can never regress."

"Very few men imprisoned for economic crimes or even crimes of passion against the oppressor feel that they are really guilty."

"When men have money and power they get turned on, sexually. They get horny as hell. Can't imagine why, though."

"There is no greater calling than to serve your fellow men. There is no greater contribution than to help the weak. There is no greater satisfaction than to have done it well."

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"If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it."

"As the old saw says well: every end does not appear together with its beginning."

"The destiny of man is in his own soul."

"Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects."

"Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give lustre, and many more people see than weigh."

"All men's gains are the fruit of venturing."

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"Force has no place where there is need of skill."

"One should always look to the end of everything, how it will finally come out. For the god has shown blessedness to many only to overturn them utterly in the end."

"But I like not these great success of yours; for I know how jealous are the gods."