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"A man cannot make a pair of shoes rightly unless he do it in a devout manner."

"A man cannot make a pair of shoes rightly unless he do it in a devout manner."

Thomas Carlyle, Scottish Philosopher

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"If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live."

"If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

Man, Men, Belief, Error, Pleasure

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"He was a man, he always performed his promises."

"He was a man, he always performed his promises."

Zebulon Pike, American Soldier

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"Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown."

"Man can learn nothing except by going from the known to the unknown."

Claude Bernard, French Psychologist

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"The less men think, the more they talk."

"The less men think, the more they talk."

Charles de Montesquieu, French Philosopher

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"A man growing old becomes a child again."

"A man growing old becomes a child again."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

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"Conceit is God's gift to little men."

"Conceit is God's gift to little men."

Bruce Barton, American Author

Man, Men, God, Conceit

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"Men do not shape destiny, Destiny produces the man for the hour."

"Men do not shape destiny, Destiny produces the man for the hour."

Fidel Castro, Cuban Statesman

Man, Men, Destiny

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"No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else."

"No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else."

Henry B. Adams, American Historian

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"Good men who exercise power are really the most fascinating of all people."

"Good men who exercise power are really the most fascinating of all people."

John Keegan, English Historian

Man, Men, Power, People, Exercise

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"As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do."

"As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do."

Andrew Carnegie, American Businessman

Man, Men, Attention

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"I don't think there's been any writer like Samuel Beckett. He's unique. He was a most charming man and I used to send him my plays."

"I don't think there's been any writer like Samuel Beckett. He's unique. He was a most charming man and I used to send him my plays."

Harold Pinter, English Dramatist

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"Because Buffy really has become the straight man, every once in a while it's nice to be the one that tells the joke and it's nice to be the one that is the joke and it's nice to do something that's a little bit different."

"Because Buffy really has become the straight man, every once in a while it's nice to be the one that tells the joke and it's nice to be the one that is the joke and it's nice to do something that's a little bit different."

Sarah Michelle Gellar, American Actress

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"Either men will learn to live like brothers, or they will die like beasts."

"Either men will learn to live like brothers, or they will die like beasts."

Max Lerner, American Journalist

Man, Men, Brothers, Will

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"We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight."

"We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight."

Calvin Coolidge, American President

Man, Men, Politics, Midnight, Office

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"Bloody men are like bloody buses - you wait for about a year and as soon as one approaches your stop two or three others appear."

"Bloody men are like bloody buses - you wait for about a year and as soon as one approaches your stop two or three others appear."

Wendy Cope, English Poet

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"A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity."

"A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity."

Alexander Smith, Scottish Poet

Man, Plants, Posterity

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"Jackson, however, persevered. He joined the Franklin Debating Society, an institution that had been in existence over fifty years, and had enrolled in its membership some of the ablest men in Virginia."

"Jackson, however, persevered. He joined the Franklin Debating Society, an institution that had been in existence over fifty years, and had enrolled in its membership some of the ablest men in Virginia."

Daniel H. Hill, American Soldier

Man, Men, Society, Existence, Years

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"The Constitution of the United States was made by white men, the citizens and representatives of twelve slaveholding and one non-slaveholding State; and it was made for white men."

"The Constitution of the United States was made by white men, the citizens and representatives of twelve slaveholding and one non-slaveholding State; and it was made for white men."

John H. Reagan, American Politician

Man, Men, Constitution, State, States

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"A man is accountable to no person for his doings."

"A man is accountable to no person for his doings."

James Otis, American Lawyer

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"When the men are silent, it is our duty to raise our voices in behalf of our ideals."

"When the men are silent, it is our duty to raise our voices in behalf of our ideals."

Clara Zetkin, German Politician

Man, Men, Duty, Ideals

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"Nothing is stranger to man than his own image."

"Nothing is stranger to man than his own image."

Karel Capek, Czechoslovakian Writer

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"Unless each man produces more than he receives, increases his output, there will be less for him than all the others."

"Unless each man produces more than he receives, increases his output, there will be less for him than all the others."

Bernard Baruch, American Businessman

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"All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree."

"All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree."

James Madison, American President

Man, Men, Power

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"Man must be in space - that is what we are destined for. There is nothing else that we can do."

"Man must be in space - that is what we are destined for. There is nothing else that we can do."

Majel Barrett, American Actress

Man, Nothing, Space

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"The white men in the East are like birds. They are hatching out their eggs every year, and there is not room enough in the East, and they must go elsewhere; and they come out West, as you have seen them coming for the last few years."

"The white men in the East are like birds. They are hatching out their eggs every year, and there is not room enough in the East, and they must go elsewhere; and they come out West, as you have seen them coming for the last few years."

George Crook, American Soldier

Man, Men, Birds, Years

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"Among men, sex sometimes results in intimacy; among women, intimacy sometimes results in sex."

"Among men, sex sometimes results in intimacy; among women, intimacy sometimes results in sex."

Barbara Cartland, English Novelist

Man, Men, Women, Sex, Intimacy

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"There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards."

"There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards."

Titus Livius, Roman Historian

Man, Nothing, Promise, Will

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"The most mysterious feminine factor, the existence that we men, we don't know. It's woman. It's feminine. That's what the sword is about. That's the symbolic meaning of the sword."

"The most mysterious feminine factor, the existence that we men, we don't know. It's woman. It's feminine. That's what the sword is about. That's the symbolic meaning of the sword."

Ang Lee, Chinese Director

Man, Men, Existence, Meaning, Woman

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"It's a sad and stupid thing to have to proclaim yourself a revolutionary just to be a decent man."

"It's a sad and stupid thing to have to proclaim yourself a revolutionary just to be a decent man."

David Harris, American Activist

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"Man is the inventor of stupidity."

"Man is the inventor of stupidity."

Remy de Gourmont, French Novelist

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"When a Spanish man cries it's not a sign of weakness."

"When a Spanish man cries it's not a sign of weakness."

Geraldo Rivera, American Journalist

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"It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles."

"It is impossible to persuade a man who does not disagree, but smiles."

Muriel Spark, English Novelist

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"Newspaper men, perhaps more than any other class, are rated by ability."

"Newspaper men, perhaps more than any other class, are rated by ability."

Franklin Knight Lane, American Politician

Man, Men, Ability, Class

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"The man who does ill must suffer ill."

"The man who does ill must suffer ill."

Aeschylus, Greek Poet

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"Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve."

"Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve."

W. Clement Stone, American Businessman

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"A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities."

"A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities."

Walter Bagehot, English Author

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"The Falklands thing was a fight between two bald men over a comb."

"The Falklands thing was a fight between two bald men over a comb."

Jorge Luis Borges, Argentinian Poet

Man, Men, Fight

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"There cannot live a more unhappy creature than an ill-natured old man, who is neither capable of receiving pleasures, nor sensible of conferring them on others."

"There cannot live a more unhappy creature than an ill-natured old man, who is neither capable of receiving pleasures, nor sensible of conferring them on others."

William Temple, British Archbishop

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"Men and women should own the world as a mutual possession."

"Men and women should own the world as a mutual possession."

Pearl S. Buck, American Novelist

Man, Men, Women, Possession, World

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"To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I have the same contempt for them all."

"To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I have the same contempt for them all."

Karl Kraus, Austrian Writer

Man, Men, Contempt

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"God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it."

"God hates violence. He has ordained that all men fairly possess their property, not seize it."

Euripides, Greek Poet

Man, Men, God, Property, Violence

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"What ordinary men are directly aware of and what they try to do are bounded by the private orbits in which they live; their visions and their powers are limited."

"What ordinary men are directly aware of and what they try to do are bounded by the private orbits in which they live; their visions and their powers are limited."

C. Wright Mills, American Sociologist

Man, Men, Visions

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"The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face."

"The world is a looking glass and gives back to every man the reflection of his own face."

William Makepeace Thackeray, English Novelist

Man, Reflection, World

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"CBS news anchor Dan Rather has interviewed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. When asked what it was like to talk to a crazy man, Saddam said, 'It's not so bad.'"

"CBS news anchor Dan Rather has interviewed Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein. When asked what it was like to talk to a crazy man, Saddam said, 'It's not so bad.'"

Conan O'Brien, American Entertainer

Man, News, Talk

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"If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics."

"If a man's wit be wandering, let him study the mathematics."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

Man, Mathematics, Study, Wit

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"An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward."

"An Indian respects a brave man, but he despises a coward."

Chief Joseph, American Leader

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"Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper."

"Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

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"In praising science, it does not follow that we must adopt the very poor philosophies which scientific men have constructed. In philosophy they have much more to learn than to teach."

"In praising science, it does not follow that we must adopt the very poor philosophies which scientific men have constructed. In philosophy they have much more to learn than to teach."

Dean Inge, English Author

Man, Men, Science, Philosophy, Poor

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"He's an honest man - you could shoot craps with him over the telephone."

"He's an honest man - you could shoot craps with him over the telephone."

Earl Wilson, American Journalist

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