"Why comes temptation but for man to meet And master and make crouch beneath his foot, And so be pedestaled in triumph?"

Man, Temptation

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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."

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

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"Men become accustomed to poison by degrees."

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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?"

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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."

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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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"It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend."

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"Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts."

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"Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character."

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"Thou art my single day, God lends to leaven What were all earth else, with a feel of heaven."

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"Ignorance is not innocence but sin."

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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."

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

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"Men become accustomed to poison by degrees."

"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?"

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

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

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

"It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated; and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend."

"There is nothing men are so generous of as advice."

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"Measure your mind's height by the shade it casts."

"Love, hope, fear, faith - these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character."

"Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, Or what's a heaven for?"

"A face to lose youth for, to occupy age With the dream of, meet death with."

"Autumn wins you best by this, its mute Appeal to sympathy for its decay."

"Only I discern Infinite passion, and the pain Of finite hearts that yearn."

"Thou art my single day, God lends to leaven What were all earth else, with a feel of heaven."

"Every one soon or late comes round by Rome."

"It is the glory and good of Art, That Art remains the one way possible Of speaking truth, to mouths like mine at least."

"Ignorance is not innocence but sin."