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"Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away."
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"Men exist for the sake of one another."
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"A man should be upright, not be kept upright."
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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."
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"Let no such man be trusted."
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"When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind."
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"We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members."
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"Opposition may become sweet to a man when he has christened it persecution."
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"There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do."
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"Live as brave men; and if fortune is adverse, front its blows with brave hearts."
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"A best-seller is the golden touch of mediocre talent."
Talent

"Imprisoned in every fat man a thin man is wildly signaling to be let out."
Man

"We must select the illusion which appeals to our temperament, and embrace it with passion, if we want to be happy."
Illusion

"Slums may well be breeding grounds of crime, but middle class suburbs are incubators of apathy and delirium."
Society

"Classical and romantic: private language of a family quarrel, a dead dispute over the distribution of emphasis between man and nature."
Family

"Those of us who were brought up as Christians and have lost our faith have retained the sense of sin without the saving belief in redemption. This poisons our thought and so paralyses us in action."
Faith

"The dread of lonliness is greater than the fear of bondage, so we get married."
Fear

"It is a mistake to expect good work from expatriates for it is not what they do that matters but what they are not doing."
Work

"The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and that no other task is of any consequence."
Books

"The civilized are those who get more out of life than the uncivilized, and for this we are not likely to be forgiven."
Life
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