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"Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike."
Alexander Hamilton
"Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike."
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"The ancient Greeks noticed that a man with arms and legs extended described a circle, with his navel as the center."
Stephen Gardiner
"The ancient Greeks noticed that a man with arms and legs extended described a circle, with his navel as the center."
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"True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it."
William Penn
"True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it."
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"We're not leaving here without Buster, man. Leave no crash-test dummy behind!"
Adam Savage
"We're not leaving here without Buster, man. Leave no crash-test dummy behind!"
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"It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without having a critic, forever, like the old man of the sea, upon his back."
Marianne Moore
"It is quite cruel that a poet cannot wander through his regions of enchantment without having a critic, forever, like the old man of the sea, upon his back."
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"A hard man is good to find."
Mae West
"A hard man is good to find."
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"I want a man who's kind and understanding. Is that too much to ask of a millionaire?"
Zsa Zsa Gabor
"I want a man who's kind and understanding. Is that too much to ask of a millionaire?"
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"Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time."
Malcolm Muggeridge
"Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time."
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"What is a sophisticate? He is a man who thinks he can swim better than he can and sometimes he drowns."
Oscar Hammerstein II
"What is a sophisticate? He is a man who thinks he can swim better than he can and sometimes he drowns."
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"I've always had a problem with the average macho man - they've always been a threat to me."
Kurt Cobain
"I've always had a problem with the average macho man - they've always been a threat to me."
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"The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged."
Democritus
"The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged."
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"A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd."
Max Lucado
"A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd."
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"The ability to mingle with so many countries and cultures is extremely valuable for men and women."
Bill Toomey
"The ability to mingle with so many countries and cultures is extremely valuable for men and women."
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"The Jews don't like Farrakhan, so they call me Hitler. Well, that's a good name. Hitler was a very great man."
Louis Farrakhan
"The Jews don't like Farrakhan, so they call me Hitler. Well, that's a good name. Hitler was a very great man."
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"Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others."
Edward Abbey
"Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others."
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"I decided that Europeans and Americans are like men and women: they understand each other worse, and it matters less, than either of them suppose."
Randall Jarrell
"I decided that Europeans and Americans are like men and women: they understand each other worse, and it matters less, than either of them suppose."
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"No man is an island. No man stands alone."
Dennis Brown
"No man is an island. No man stands alone."
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"Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master."
Sallust
"Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master."
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"The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts."
Virgil
"The world cares very little about what a man or woman knows; it is what a man or woman is able to do that counts."
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"Perhaps the strongest evidence that women have as broad and deep a capacity for physical aggression as men is anecdotal. And as with men, this capacity has expressed itself in acts from the brave to the brutal, the selfless to the senseless."
Katherine Dunn
"Perhaps the strongest evidence that women have as broad and deep a capacity for physical aggression as men is anecdotal. And as with men, this capacity has expressed itself in acts from the brave to the brutal, the selfless to the senseless."
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"But there are things in Il Sogno that the methods of The Delivery Man could never achieve."
Elvis Costello
"But there are things in Il Sogno that the methods of The Delivery Man could never achieve."
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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."
Ang Lee
"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."
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"It should be remarked that, as the principle of liberty is better understood, and more nobly interpreted, a broader protest is made in behalf of women. As men become aware that few have had a fair chance, they are inclined to say that no women have had a fair chance."
Margaret Fuller
"It should be remarked that, as the principle of liberty is better understood, and more nobly interpreted, a broader protest is made in behalf of women. As men become aware that few have had a fair chance, they are inclined to say that no women have had a fair chance."
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"Not many men have both good fortune and good sense."
Marilyn French
"Not many men have both good fortune and good sense."
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"Soft men tend to be born from soft countries."
Herodotus
"Soft men tend to be born from soft countries."
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"The frame of the cave leads to the frame of man."
Stephen Gardiner
"The frame of the cave leads to the frame of man."
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"So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two people can be half an hour together, but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other."
Samuel Johnson
"So far is it from being true that men are naturally equal, that no two people can be half an hour together, but one shall acquire an evident superiority over the other."
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"The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible."
Bernard Baruch
"The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible."
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"My men's-underwear print ads are very popular!"
Calvin Klein
"My men's-underwear print ads are very popular!"
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"Fortunately, there is a sane equilibrium in the character of nations, as there is in that of men."
Jose Marti
"Fortunately, there is a sane equilibrium in the character of nations, as there is in that of men."
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"The more a man knows, the more he forgives."
Catherine II
"The more a man knows, the more he forgives."
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"What makes men indifferent to their wives is that they can see them when they please."
Ovid
"What makes men indifferent to their wives is that they can see them when they please."
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"No two wars are ever the same. Some are just, some are unjust, but the basic commonality shared between them all is that young men and women heeded a call to service, overcame their fear, and fought for their side."
Bob Riley
"No two wars are ever the same. Some are just, some are unjust, but the basic commonality shared between them all is that young men and women heeded a call to service, overcame their fear, and fought for their side."
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"A zeal for the defence of their country led these heroes to the scene of action, though with a few men to attack a powerful army of experienced warriors."
Daniel Boone
"A zeal for the defence of their country led these heroes to the scene of action, though with a few men to attack a powerful army of experienced warriors."
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"It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do."
Richard Whately
"It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do."
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"America was established not to create wealth but to realize a vision, to realize an ideal - to discover and maintain liberty among men."
Woodrow Wilson
"America was established not to create wealth but to realize a vision, to realize an ideal - to discover and maintain liberty among men."
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"I was a very serious young man, very committed to saving the world."
Samuel Dash
"I was a very serious young man, very committed to saving the world."
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"There are many men whose tongues might govern multitudes if they could govern their tongues."
George Dennison Prentice
"There are many men whose tongues might govern multitudes if they could govern their tongues."
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"I'm hostile to men, I'm hostile to women, I'm hostile to cats, to poor cockroaches, I'm afraid of horses."
Norman Mailer
"I'm hostile to men, I'm hostile to women, I'm hostile to cats, to poor cockroaches, I'm afraid of horses."
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"The happiest lot for a man, as far as birth is concerned, is that it should be such as to give him but little occasion to think much about it."
Richard Whately
"The happiest lot for a man, as far as birth is concerned, is that it should be such as to give him but little occasion to think much about it."
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"Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long."
Oliver Goldsmith
"Man wants but little here below, nor wants that little long."
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"Under this window in stormy weather I marry this man and woman together; Let none but Him who rules the thunder Put this man and woman asunder."
Jonathan Swift
"Under this window in stormy weather I marry this man and woman together; Let none but Him who rules the thunder Put this man and woman asunder."
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"A man must be sacrificed now and again to provide for the next generation of men."
Amy Lowell
"A man must be sacrificed now and again to provide for the next generation of men."
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"One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind that is not uneasy irritates and bores me."
Anatole France
"One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind that is not uneasy irritates and bores me."
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"The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world."
Walt Whitman
"The great city is that which has the greatest man or woman: if it be a few ragged huts, it is still the greatest city in the whole world."
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"A murderer is regarded by the conventional world as something almost monstrous, but a murderer to himself is only an ordinary man. It is only if the murderer is a good man that he can be regarded as monstrous."
Graham Greene
"A murderer is regarded by the conventional world as something almost monstrous, but a murderer to himself is only an ordinary man. It is only if the murderer is a good man that he can be regarded as monstrous."
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"Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish."
Ovid
"Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish."
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"Advertising men and politicians are dangerous if they are separated. Together they are diabolical."
Phillip Adams
"Advertising men and politicians are dangerous if they are separated. Together they are diabolical."
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"Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female among men and beasts."
Aeschylus
"Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female among men and beasts."
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"Rather suffer than die is man's motto."
Jean de La Fontaine
"Rather suffer than die is man's motto."
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