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Man Quotes
"From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned."
72
"Consistency is the paste jewel that only cheap men cherish."
70
"A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own."
Man,
69
"It's motive alone which gives character to the actions of men."
69
"Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference."
69
"When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation."
68
"A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself."
67
"A diplomat is a man who thinks twice before he says nothing."
67
"Men who wish to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details."
67
"What a man can be, he must be. This need we call self-actualization."
65
"You will kill 10 of our men, and we will kill 1 of yours, and in the end it will be you who tire of it."
65
"This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind."
65
"More than anything else, I'd like to be an old man with a good face, like Hitchcock or Picasso."
65
"Men were only made into "men" with great difficulty even in primitive society: the male is not naturally "a man" any more than the woman. He has to be propped up into that position with some ingenuity, and is always likely to collapse."
65
"Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives."
65
"Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one."
64
"I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure."
64
"The lovely thing about being forty is that you can appreciate twenty-five-year-old men more."
64
"The woman most in need of liberation is the woman in every man and the man in every woman."
63
"In man, the things which are not measurable are more important than those which are measurable."
Man,
63
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