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Man Quotes
"The strongest man in the world is he who stands most alone."
220
"A manager is not a person who can do the work better than his men; he is a person who can get his men to do the work better than he can."
219
"An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field."
209
"There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming."
189
"A solitary, unused to speaking of what he sees and feels, has mental experiences which are at once more intense and less articulate than those of a gregarious man."
Man,
179
"Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering."
170
"Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it."
168
"A man who suffers before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary."
168
"Although approximately 80% of osteoporosis sufferers are women, as the longevity of the male population increases, the disease will assume increasing importance in men."
165
"All these boundaries - Africa, Asia, Malaysia, America - are set by men. But you don't have to look at boundaries when you are looking at a man - at the character of a man. The question is: What do you stand for? Are you a follower, or are you a leader?"
158
"A man is never the same for long. He is continually changing. He seldom remains the same even for half an hour."
Man,
158
"The white man is not indigenous to Africa. Africa is for Africans. Zimbabwe is for Zimbabweans."
Man,
150
"I consider no man honest who does not observe towards other nations the principles which he desires to be observed towards his own: and therefore I will not interfere in your domestic questions."
149
"The clever men at Oxford, know all that there is to be knowed. But they none of them know one half as much, as intelligent Mr. Toad."
148
"More than this, even in those white men who professed religion we found much inconsistency of conduct. They spoke much of spiritual things, while seeking only the material."
145
"I ordered each man to be presented with something, as strings of ten or a dozen glass beads apiece, and thongs of leather, all which they estimated highly; those which came on board I directed should be fed with molasses."
Man,
142
"This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections."
138
"A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
138
"I wish it to be remembered that I was the last man of my tribe to surrender my rifle."
137
"I mention this fact as tending to support what I have often heard stated, namely, that a shark's sense of smell is so keen that, if men ever bathe in seas where they are found, a shark is almost sure to appear directly afterwards."
136
"Wise men argue causes; fools decide them."
129
"Truth, like the juice of the poppy, in small quantities, calms men; in larger, heats and irritates them, and is attended by fatal consequences in excess."
128
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