"Surely man was not created to be an idle fellow; he was not set in this universal orchard to stand still as a tree."

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"Surely man was not created to be an idle fellow; he was not set in this universal orchard to stand still as a tree."

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"When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package."

John Ruskin, English Writer

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"All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Berliner!""

John F. Kennedy, American President

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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

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"The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise he will move in a world of the dead. He can only gain that conception through personal experience, and he can only use his personal experiences when he is a genius."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

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"A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

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"I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

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"What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions on which he habitually acts."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

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

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

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"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

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

Victor Hugo, French Author

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"Cast away care, he that loves sorrow Lengthens not a day, nor can buy tomorrow; Money is trash, and he that will spend it, Let him drink merrily, fortune will send it."

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"This principle is old, but true as fate, Kings may love treason, but the traitor hate."

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"O what a heaven is love! O what a hell!"

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"When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package."

"All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words "Ich bin ein Berliner!""

"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."

"The historian must have some conception of how men who are not historians behave. Otherwise he will move in a world of the dead. He can only gain that conception through personal experience, and he can only use his personal experiences when he is a genius."

"A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner."

"I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one."

"What a man believes may be ascertained, not from his creed, but from the assumptions on which he habitually acts."

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

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

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

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"What a heaven is love! O what a hell!"

"Golden slumbers kiss your eyes, Smiles awake you when you rise."

"Were there no women, men might live like gods."

"The calmest husbands make the stormiest wives."

"Honest labor bears a lovely face."

"A mask of gold hides all deformities."

"Cast away care, he that loves sorrow Lengthens not a day, nor can buy tomorrow; Money is trash, and he that will spend it, Let him drink merrily, fortune will send it."

"This principle is old, but true as fate, Kings may love treason, but the traitor hate."

"Sleep is that golden chain that ties health and our bodies together."

"O what a heaven is love! O what a hell!"