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"So I had to be the doctor to these wounded men until we could remove them to the hospital. There were fifty-four women and forty little boys with the Red Army prisoners, and I went daily to take care of them also."

"So I had to be the doctor to these wounded men until we could remove them to the hospital. There were fifty-four women and forty little boys with the Red Army prisoners, and I went daily to take care of them also."

Agnes Smedley, American Journalist

Man, Men, Women, Army, Boys

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"Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever."

"Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Man, Men, Idiots, Passion

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"The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them."

"The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them."

Woodrow Wilson, American President

Man, Men, Challenge

51

"As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever."

"As long as the world shall last there will be wrongs, and if no man objected and no man rebelled, those wrongs would last forever."

Clarence Darrow, American Lawyer

Man, Will, World, Wrongs

51

"Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does."

"Man is condemned to be free; because once thrown into the world, he is responsible for everything he does."

Jean-Paul Sartre, French Philosopher

51

"There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times."

"There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times."

Voltaire, French Writer

51

"Reasonable men adapt to the world around them; unreasonable men make the world adapt to them. The world is changed by unreasonable men."

"Reasonable men adapt to the world around them; unreasonable men make the world adapt to them. The world is changed by unreasonable men."

Edwin Louis Cole, American Author

Man, Men, World

51

"Men do less than they ought, unless they do all that they can."

"Men do less than they ought, unless they do all that they can."

Thomas Carlyle, Scottish Philosopher

51

"All men are rapists and that's all they are. They rape us with their eyes, their laws, and their codes."

"All men are rapists and that's all they are. They rape us with their eyes, their laws, and their codes."

Marilyn French, American Author

Man, Men, Eyes, Laws

51

"No consensus of men can make an error erroneous. We can only find or commit an error, not create it. When we commit an error, we say what was an error already."

"No consensus of men can make an error erroneous. We can only find or commit an error, not create it. When we commit an error, we say what was an error already."

Josiah Royce, American Philosopher

Man, Men, Error

50

"Little do such men know the toil, the pains, the daily, nightly racking of the brains, to range the thoughts, the matter to digest, to cull fit phrases, and reject the rest."

"Little do such men know the toil, the pains, the daily, nightly racking of the brains, to range the thoughts, the matter to digest, to cull fit phrases, and reject the rest."

Charles Churchill, English Poet

Man, Men, Thoughts, Rest

50

"An intellectual is a man who doesn't know how to park a bike."

"An intellectual is a man who doesn't know how to park a bike."

Spiro T. Agnew, American Politician

50

"There is no more reason to believe that man descended from some inferior animal than there is to believe that a stately mansion has descended from a small cottage."

"There is no more reason to believe that man descended from some inferior animal than there is to believe that a stately mansion has descended from a small cottage."

William Jennings Bryan, American Lawyer

50

"Once blood is shed in a national quarrel reason and right are swept aside by the rage of angry men."

"Once blood is shed in a national quarrel reason and right are swept aside by the rage of angry men."

David Lloyd George, Welsh Statesman

Man, Men, Blood, Quarrel, Reason

50

"I could, as a free man, look across the bay toward the Eastern Shore where I was born a slave."

"I could, as a free man, look across the bay toward the Eastern Shore where I was born a slave."

Frederick Douglass, American Author

50

"A hard man is good to find."

"A hard man is good to find."

Mae West, American Actress

50

"A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find."

"A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find."

James Stephens, Irish Poet

Man, Singing, Wind, Woman

50

"Comeback is a good word, man."

"Comeback is a good word, man."

Mickey Rourke, American Actor

50

"Why, I ask, isn't it possible that advertising as a whole is a fantastic fraud, presenting an image of America taken seriously by no one, least of all by the advertising men who create it?"

"Why, I ask, isn't it possible that advertising as a whole is a fantastic fraud, presenting an image of America taken seriously by no one, least of all by the advertising men who create it?"

David Riesman, American Sociologist

Man, Men, Advertising, America, Fraud

50

"Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times."

"Good men are the stars, the planets of the ages wherein they live, and illustrate the times."

Ben Jonson, English Poet

Man, Men, Stars

50

"It is not short of amazing, the power of a great idea to weld men together. There was in it a peculiar, intense, vital spirit if you will, that I have never felt before in any strike."

"It is not short of amazing, the power of a great idea to weld men together. There was in it a peculiar, intense, vital spirit if you will, that I have never felt before in any strike."

Ray Stannard Baker, American Journalist

Man, Men, Power, Idea, Spirit

50

"We need to hear the excuses men make to themselves for their worthlessness."

"We need to hear the excuses men make to themselves for their worthlessness."

Margaret Fuller, American Critic

Man, Men, Excuses

50

"Men are not the enemy, but the fellow victims. The real enemy is women's denigration of themselves."

"Men are not the enemy, but the fellow victims. The real enemy is women's denigration of themselves."

Betty Friedan, American Activist

Man, Men, Women, Enemy, Victims

50

"The tenderest spot in a man's make-up is sometimes the bald spot on top of his head."

"The tenderest spot in a man's make-up is sometimes the bald spot on top of his head."

Helen Rowland, American Writer

50

"If man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct."

"If man doesn't learn to treat the oceans and the rain forest with respect, man will become extinct."

Peter Benchley, American Author

Man, Oceans, Rain, Respect

50

"The world is not looking for servants, there are plenty of these, but for masters, men who form their purposes and then carry them out, let the consequences be what they may."

"The world is not looking for servants, there are plenty of these, but for masters, men who form their purposes and then carry them out, let the consequences be what they may."

Woodrow Wilson, American President

Man, Men, Consequences, May, World

50

"Men expect too much, do too little."

"Men expect too much, do too little."

Allen Tate, American Poet

50

"What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?"

"What broke in a man when he could bring himself to kill another?"

Alan Paton, South African Novelist

Man, Southafrican

50

"I have always advised men to read."

"I have always advised men to read."

Mary Harris Jones, American Activist

50

"It is my duty to voice the suffering of men, the never-ending sufferings heaped mountain-high."

"It is my duty to voice the suffering of men, the never-ending sufferings heaped mountain-high."

Kathe Kollwitz, German Artist

Man, Men, Duty, Suffering, Voice

50

"I've played three presidents, three saints and two geniuses - and that's probably enough for any man."

"I've played three presidents, three saints and two geniuses - and that's probably enough for any man."

Charlton Heston, American Actor

50

"Man must shape his tools lest they shape him."

"Man must shape his tools lest they shape him."

Arthur Miller, American Playwright

50

"We cannot be kind to each other here for even an hour. We whisper, and hint, and chuckle and grin at our brother's shame; however you take it we men are a little breed."

"We cannot be kind to each other here for even an hour. We whisper, and hint, and chuckle and grin at our brother's shame; however you take it we men are a little breed."

Alfred Lord Tennyson, English Poet

Man, Men, Brother, Shame, Whisper

50

"The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible."

"The main purpose of the stock market is to make fools of as many men as possible."

Bernard Baruch, American Businessman

Man, Men, Purpose, Fools

50

"A woman can be anything the man who loves her would have her be."

"A woman can be anything the man who loves her would have her be."

James M. Barrie, British Playwright

50

"It may be said, let him take Money at Interest, and not buy at Time. But then Men must be found, that will lend; the Legislative must provide a Fund to borrow upon."

"It may be said, let him take Money at Interest, and not buy at Time. But then Men must be found, that will lend; the Legislative must provide a Fund to borrow upon."

Dudley North, English Economist

Man, Men, Money, Time, Interest

50

"In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is, is a clue to the universe. We are enfolded in the universe."

"In some sense man is a microcosm of the universe; therefore what man is, is a clue to the universe. We are enfolded in the universe."

David Bohm, American Scientist

Man, Sense, Universe

50

"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."

"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, American Explorer

Man, Men, Action, Army, Country

50

"They died hard, those savage men - like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them."

"They died hard, those savage men - like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them."

Douglas MacArthur, American Soldier

50

"Getting along with men isn't what's truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get along with a man, one man."

"Getting along with men isn't what's truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get along with a man, one man."

Phyllis McGinley, American Author

Man, Men, Knowledge

50

"Man is the only animal that can be skinned more than once."

"Man is the only animal that can be skinned more than once."

Jimmy Durante, American Comedian

50

"Men are often capable of greater things than they perform - They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent."

"Men are often capable of greater things than they perform - They are sent into the world with bills of credit, and seldom draw to their full extent."

Horace Walpole, English Author

Man, Men, Credit, World

50

"Most men, when they think they are thinking, are merely rearranging their prejudices."

"Most men, when they think they are thinking, are merely rearranging their prejudices."

Knute Rockne, American Coach

Man, Men, Thinking

50

"No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched."

"No man can think clearly when his fists are clenched."

George Jean Nathan, American Editor

50

"Man is imperfect. The reality he creates is always endangered by man."

"Man is imperfect. The reality he creates is always endangered by man."

Friedrich Durrenmatt, Swiss Author

50

"Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words."

"Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words."

Baruch Spinoza, Dutch Philosopher

Man, Men, Difficulty, Nothing, Words

50

"The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property."

"The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property."

John Locke, English Philosopher

Man, Men, Society, Property, Reason

50

"A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them."

"A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them."

Antoine de Saint-Exupery, French Novelist

Man, Men, Civilization

50

"O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed, by keeping men off, you keep them on."

"O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed, by keeping men off, you keep them on."

John Gay, English Poet

50

"Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish."

"Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish."

Ovid, Roman Poet

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