"Who is the wisest man? He who neither knows or wishes for anything else than what happens."

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"If women are supposed to be less rational and more emotional at the beginning of our menstrual cycle when the female hormone is at its lowest level, then why isn't it logical to say that, in those few days, women behave the most like the way men behave all month long?"

Gloria Steinem, American Activist

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"The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man."

Sun Tzu, Chinese Philosopher

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"It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

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"No lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age, but especially not in the dark ones. Men prospered then only in following an openly declared purpose, and preaching candidly beloved and trusted creeds."

John Ruskin, English Writer

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"'Evil men have no songs.' How is it that the Russians have songs?"

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war."

Margot Asquith, English Author

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"The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble."

Henry Miller, American Author

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"Some men don't gel when it comes to work - you have different work ethics, different opinions, different points of views, different methods of filmmaking - and we didn't gel."

Antoine Fuqua, American Director

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"What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their ability to act according to their beliefs."

Henry Miller, American Author

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"I hope no man takes what I said about the living and dieing of men for mathematical demonstration."

William Petty, English Economist

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"The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art."

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"What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own."

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"What's foreign one can't always keep quite clear of,For good things, oft, are not so near;A German can't endure the French to see or hear of,Yet drinks their wines with hearty cheer."

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"Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live."

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"Nothing puts me so completely out of patience as the utterance of a wretched commonplace when I am talking from my inmost heart."

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"Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will."

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"If women are supposed to be less rational and more emotional at the beginning of our menstrual cycle when the female hormone is at its lowest level, then why isn't it logical to say that, in those few days, women behave the most like the way men behave all month long?"

"The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man."

"It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor."

"No lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age, but especially not in the dark ones. Men prospered then only in following an openly declared purpose, and preaching candidly beloved and trusted creeds."

"'Evil men have no songs.' How is it that the Russians have songs?"

"From the happy expression on their faces you might have supposed that they welcomed the war. I have met with men who loved stamps, and stones, and snakes, but I could not imagine any man loving war."

"The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to have artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble."

"Some men don't gel when it comes to work - you have different work ethics, different opinions, different points of views, different methods of filmmaking - and we didn't gel."

"What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their ability to act according to their beliefs."

"I hope no man takes what I said about the living and dieing of men for mathematical demonstration."

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"The mediator of the inexpressible is the work of art."

"What is uttered from the heart alone, Will win the hearts of others to your own."

"What's foreign one can't always keep quite clear of,For good things, oft, are not so near;A German can't endure the French to see or hear of,Yet drinks their wines with hearty cheer."

"Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live."

"Nothing puts me so completely out of patience as the utterance of a wretched commonplace when I am talking from my inmost heart."

"Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will."

"I think that I am better than the people who are trying to reform me."

"I will listen to anyone's convictions, but pray keep your doubts to yourself."

"Whoever wishes to keep a secret must hide the fact that he possesses one."

"There is nothing so terrible as activity without insight."