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"When men make themselves into brutes it is just to treat them like brutes."
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"Nothing is poetical if plain daylight is not poetical; and no monster should amaze us if the normal man does not amaze."
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"A man ought to read just as inclination leads him, for what he reads as a task will do him little good."
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"I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act."
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"Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his favor, too."
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"Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat."
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"No man may make another free."
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"Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men."
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"Our men and women in our armed forces are the real heroes in this conflict."
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"Do we elect a man because of what he stands for, because of where he stands on the issues, because how he makes the nation feel?"
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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

"Do you see how the god always hurls his bolts at the greatest houses and the tallest trees. For he is wont to thwart whatever is greater than the rest."
God

"Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate."
Man

"The gods loves to punish whatever is greater than the rest."
God

"Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing."
Man

"Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances."
Man

"Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men."
Death

"The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence."
Influence

"The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless."
Fortune

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