"Men err from selfishness; women because they are weak."

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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."

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

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

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

Victor Hugo, French Author

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"Men become accustomed to poison by degrees."

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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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"Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist legacy of Columbus but affirm dimensions of that legacy by their refusal to repudiate patriarchy?"

bell hooks, American Critic

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"Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice."

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"There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

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"There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men."

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"The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us."

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"Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it."

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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."

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"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."

"Men become accustomed to poison by degrees."

"When a man is out of sight, it is not too long before he is out of mind."

"Why is it that many contemporary male thinkers, especially men of color, repudiate the imperialist legacy of Columbus but affirm dimensions of that legacy by their refusal to repudiate patriarchy?"

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"To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent."

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"The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm signifies God in us."

"Search for the truth is the noblest occupation of man; its publication is a duty."

"Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it."

"Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one's self. When one prays, he goes to a source of strength greater than his own."

"Scientific progress makes moral progress a necessity; for if man's power is increased, the checks that restrain him from abusing it must be strengthened."