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Man Quotes
"Man cannot remake himself without suffering, for he is both the marble and the sculptor."
87
"No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true."
86
"Men ought either to be indulged or utterly destroyed, for if you merely offend them they take vengeance, but if you injure them greatly they are unable to retaliate, so that the injury done to a man ought to be such that vengeance cannot be feared."
84
"Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest."
84
"Republicans are men of narrow vision, who are afraid of the future."
84
"Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another."
Man,
84
"Let each man pass his days in that wherein his skill is greatest."
83
"Men of routine or men who can do what they are told are not hard to find; but men who can think and plan and tell the routine men what to do are very rare."
81
"A man may be variously accomplished, and yet be a feeble poet."
80
"Within every man and woman a secret is hidden, and as a photographer it is my task to reveal it if I can."
78
"I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason."
78
"The senses are the organs by which man places himself in connexion with exterior objects."
78
"It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men."
76
"No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man."
Man,
76
"When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself."
Man,
75
"Perhaps they do not recognize themselves, for a rich man is even harder to define than a poor one."
75
"When men can no longer be theists, they must, if they are civilized, become humanists."
74
"But if cattle and horses or lions had hands, or were able to draw with their hands and do the work that men can do, horses would draw the forms of the gods like horses, and cattle like cattle, and they would make their bodies such as they each had themselves."
74
"I am going to stop calling you a white man and I'm going to ask you to stop calling me a black man."
Man,
74
"Over a three year period, I gave away half of what I had. To be honest, my hands shook as I signed it away. I knew I was taking myself out of the race to be the richest man in the world."
74
"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing."
73
"I'm fed up to the ears with old men dreaming up wars for young men to die in."
73
"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men."
72
"O man you are busy working for the world, and the world is busy trying to turn you out."
72
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