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"Man hoards himself when he has nothing to give away."
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"No men are oftener wrong than those that can least bear to be so."
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"Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them."
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"The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good."
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"Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away."
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"Genius: the superhuman in man."
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"Men exist for the sake of one another."
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"One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best."
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"I will praise any man that will praise me."
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"When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land."
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"A man should be upright, not be kept upright."
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"It takes a long time to understand nothing."
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"Every decision you make is a mistake."
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"Nothing in our times has become so unattractive as virtue."
Virtue
"Men are mad most of their lives; few live sane, fewer die so. The acts of people are baffling unless we realize that their wits are disordered. Man is driven to justice by his lunacy."
Man
"We can only write well about our sins because it is too difficult to recall a virtuous act or even whether it was the result of good or evil motives."
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"What most men desire is a virgin who is a whore."
Man
"The Americans have always been food, sex, and spirit revivalists."
Food
"Writing is conscience, scruple, and the farming of our ancestors."
Conscience
"A strong foe is better than a weak friend."
Friendship
"So much of our lives is given over to the consideration of our imperfections that there is no time to improve our imaginary virtues. The truth is we only perfect our vices, and man is a worse creature when he dies than he was when he was born."
Time
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