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"Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him out to be a rational animal."
Anatole France
"Of all the ways of defining man, the worst is the one which makes him out to be a rational animal."
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"In fact men will fight for a superstition quite as quickly as for a living truth - often more so, since a superstition is so intangible you cannot get at it to refute it, but truth is a point of view, and so is changeable."
Hypatia
"In fact men will fight for a superstition quite as quickly as for a living truth - often more so, since a superstition is so intangible you cannot get at it to refute it, but truth is a point of view, and so is changeable."
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"God would not give us the same talent if what were right for men were wrong for women."
Sarah Orne Jewett
"God would not give us the same talent if what were right for men were wrong for women."
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"You know, the men go to tea houses with the expectation that they will have a nice quiet evening and not read about it the next morning in the newspaper."
Arthur Golden
"You know, the men go to tea houses with the expectation that they will have a nice quiet evening and not read about it the next morning in the newspaper."
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"All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it."
Thomas Kempis
"All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it."
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"A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world."
Joseph Addison
"A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world."
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"Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing."
Bernard Baruch
"Vote for the man who promises least; he'll be the least disappointing."
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"In my opinion, any man who can afford to buy a newspaper should not be allowed to own one."
Roy Hattersley
"In my opinion, any man who can afford to buy a newspaper should not be allowed to own one."
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"Corporations are social organizations, the theater in which men and women realize or fail to realize purposeful and productive lives."
Lester Bangs
"Corporations are social organizations, the theater in which men and women realize or fail to realize purposeful and productive lives."
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"The rockets... can be built so powerfully that they could be capable of carrying a man aloft."
Hermann Oberth
"The rockets... can be built so powerfully that they could be capable of carrying a man aloft."
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"Such discoveries have led me, and other geologists, to reconsider the evidence previously derived from caves brought forward in proof of the high antiquity of Man."
Charles Lyell
"Such discoveries have led me, and other geologists, to reconsider the evidence previously derived from caves brought forward in proof of the high antiquity of Man."
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"I've always been a proud man."
Herve Villechaize
"I've always been a proud man."
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"Give a man a free hand and he'll try to put it all over you."
Raoul Walsh
"Give a man a free hand and he'll try to put it all over you."
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"While one man can discover a certain thing by himself, another is never able to understand it, even if taught by means of all possible expressions and metaphors, and during a long period; his mind can in no way grasp it, his capacity is insufficient for it."
Maimonides
"While one man can discover a certain thing by himself, another is never able to understand it, even if taught by means of all possible expressions and metaphors, and during a long period; his mind can in no way grasp it, his capacity is insufficient for it."
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"The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested."
William Dean Howells
"The secret of the man who is universally interesting is that he is universally interested."
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"They were a group of two dozen nurses completely surrounded by 100,000 unattached American men."
James A. Michener
"They were a group of two dozen nurses completely surrounded by 100,000 unattached American men."
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"A woman is always younger than a man at equal years."
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
"A woman is always younger than a man at equal years."
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"Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man. All men come into this world alone and leave it alone."
Thomas de Quincey
"Solitude, though it may be silent as light, is like light, the mightiest of agencies; for solitude is essential to man. All men come into this world alone and leave it alone."
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"More than 48 million men and women have served America well and faithfully in military uniform."
Steve Buyer
"More than 48 million men and women have served America well and faithfully in military uniform."
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"Though men may be deep, mentally they are slow."
Camille Paglia
"Though men may be deep, mentally they are slow."
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"Men who want to support women in our struggle for freedom and justice should understand that it is not terrifically important to us that they learn to cry; it is important to us that they stop the crimes of violence against us."
Andrea Dworkin
"Men who want to support women in our struggle for freedom and justice should understand that it is not terrifically important to us that they learn to cry; it is important to us that they stop the crimes of violence against us."
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"To be the man, you gotta beat the man!"
Ric Flair
"To be the man, you gotta beat the man!"
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"No bad man can be a good poet."
Boris Pasternak
"No bad man can be a good poet."
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"Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it."
Adlai E. Stevenson
"Man is a strange animal. He generally cannot read the handwriting on the wall until his back is up against it."
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"I have to be a star like another man has to breathe."
Sammy Davis, Jr.
"I have to be a star like another man has to breathe."
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"Looked like she was a cold dish with a man until you got her pants down, then she'd explode."
Gary Cooper
"Looked like she was a cold dish with a man until you got her pants down, then she'd explode."
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"He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain."
Douglas William Jerrold
"He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain."
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"Law describes the way things would work if men were angels."
Christopher Dawson
"Law describes the way things would work if men were angels."
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"No man is rich enough to buy back his past."
Oscar Wilde
"No man is rich enough to buy back his past."
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"I want to be an honest man and a good writer."
James A. Baldwin
"I want to be an honest man and a good writer."
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"Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing."
Ken Kesey
"Man, when you lose your laugh you lose your footing."
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"Some men are so macho they'll get you pregnant just to kill a rabbit."
Maureen Murphy
"Some men are so macho they'll get you pregnant just to kill a rabbit."
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"That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defense of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself."
Thomas Hobbes
"That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defense of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself."
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"A specialist is a man who knows more and more about less and less."
William J. Mayo
"A specialist is a man who knows more and more about less and less."
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"The man in gray decided to take the Glen Suite of diamonds at midnight. Provided they were still in the apartment safe and the occupants away. This he needed to know. So he watched and he waited. At half past seven he was rewarded."
Frederick Forsyth
"The man in gray decided to take the Glen Suite of diamonds at midnight. Provided they were still in the apartment safe and the occupants away. This he needed to know. So he watched and he waited. At half past seven he was rewarded."
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"There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men."
John Locke
"There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men."
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"A man must marry only a very pretty woman in case he should ever want some other man to take her off his hands."
Sacha Guitry
"A man must marry only a very pretty woman in case he should ever want some other man to take her off his hands."
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"Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active."
Leonardo da Vinci
"Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active."
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"What is youth except a man or woman before it is ready or fit to be seen?"
Evelyn Waugh
"What is youth except a man or woman before it is ready or fit to be seen?"
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"As my men could profitably employ themselves on these streams, I moved slowly along, averaging not more than five or six miles per day and sometimes remained two days at the same encampment."
William Henry Ashley
"As my men could profitably employ themselves on these streams, I moved slowly along, averaging not more than five or six miles per day and sometimes remained two days at the same encampment."
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"Stories had always been told about male genies coming out of bottles, but they were usually fat, old men. Never had the genie been a gorgeous woman, so that idea really appealed to me, and I created the series based on that premise."
Sidney Sheldon
"Stories had always been told about male genies coming out of bottles, but they were usually fat, old men. Never had the genie been a gorgeous woman, so that idea really appealed to me, and I created the series based on that premise."
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"The name of a man is a numbing blow from which he never recovers."
Marshall McLuhan
"The name of a man is a numbing blow from which he never recovers."
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"A wise man writes down what he thinks, a stupid man forgets what he thinks, a complete idiot punishes himself for what he thinks."
Jason Zebehazy
"A wise man writes down what he thinks, a stupid man forgets what he thinks, a complete idiot punishes himself for what he thinks."
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"When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package."
John Ruskin
"When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package."
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"Men's need to dominate women may be based in their own sense of marginality or emptiness; we do not know its root, and men are making no effort to discover it."
Marilyn French
"Men's need to dominate women may be based in their own sense of marginality or emptiness; we do not know its root, and men are making no effort to discover it."
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"I always knew I was a man, always felt that I was a man, always wanted to be a man."
Little Richard
"I always knew I was a man, always felt that I was a man, always wanted to be a man."
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"The astrologers and historians write that the ascendant as of Oxford is Capricornus, whose lord is Saturn, a religious planet, and patron of religious men."
John Aubrey
"The astrologers and historians write that the ascendant as of Oxford is Capricornus, whose lord is Saturn, a religious planet, and patron of religious men."
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"No man has a right to do what he pleases, except when he pleases to do right."
Charles Simmons
"No man has a right to do what he pleases, except when he pleases to do right."
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"Men don't know much about women. We do know when they're happy. We know when they're crying, and we know when they're pissed off. We just don't know in what order these are gonna come at us."
Evan Davis
"Men don't know much about women. We do know when they're happy. We know when they're crying, and we know when they're pissed off. We just don't know in what order these are gonna come at us."
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"Heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight but, while their companions slept, they were toiling upward in the night."
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
"Heights by great men reached and kept were not obtained by sudden flight but, while their companions slept, they were toiling upward in the night."
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