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"In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face."
Diogenes of Sinope
"In a rich man's house there is no place to spit but his face."
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"Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men."
Miyamoto Musashi
"Study strategy over the years and achieve the spirit of the warrior. Today is victory over yourself of yesterday; tomorrow is your victory over lesser men."
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"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."
Samuel Adams
"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."
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"A man can be destroyed but not defeated."
Ernest Hemingway
"A man can be destroyed but not defeated."
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"The woman most in need of liberation is the woman in every man and the man in every woman."
William Coffin, Jr.
"The woman most in need of liberation is the woman in every man and the man in every woman."
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"Mediocre men work at their best; men seeking excellence strive to do better."
Edwin Louis Cole
"Mediocre men work at their best; men seeking excellence strive to do better."
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"I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason."
Mikhail Bakunin
"I bow before the authority of special men because it is imposed upon me by my own reason."
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"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea."
Robert A. Heinlein
"Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea."
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"Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference."
Karl Von Clausewitz
"Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference."
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"I've worked in a factory. I was a garbage man. I worked in a post office. It's not that long ago. I like to think that I'm just a regular guy."
Denzel Washington
"I've worked in a factory. I was a garbage man. I worked in a post office. It's not that long ago. I like to think that I'm just a regular guy."
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"Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper."
Gilbert K. Chesterton
"Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper."
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""Women's fashion" is a euphemism for fashion created by men for women."
Andrea Dworkin
""Women's fashion" is a euphemism for fashion created by men for women."
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"Men even contract the dirty, filthy habit of chewing tobacco, and when the habit gets a good hold upon them they are never satisfied except when they have a wad of the stuff in their mouth. So with drinking. It is largely a habit."
Thomas Jordan Jarvis
"Men even contract the dirty, filthy habit of chewing tobacco, and when the habit gets a good hold upon them they are never satisfied except when they have a wad of the stuff in their mouth. So with drinking. It is largely a habit."
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"Yes, young men, Italy owes to you an undertaking which has merited the applause of the universe. You have conquered and you will conquer still, because you are prepared for the tactics that decide the fate of battles."
Giuseppe Garibaldi
"Yes, young men, Italy owes to you an undertaking which has merited the applause of the universe. You have conquered and you will conquer still, because you are prepared for the tactics that decide the fate of battles."
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"Within every man and woman a secret is hidden, and as a photographer it is my task to reveal it if I can."
Yousuf Karsh
"Within every man and woman a secret is hidden, and as a photographer it is my task to reveal it if I can."
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"We did not know there were other people besides the Indian until about one hundred winters ago, when some men with white faces came to our country."
Chief Joseph
"We did not know there were other people besides the Indian until about one hundred winters ago, when some men with white faces came to our country."
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"It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood."
James Madison
"It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood."
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"O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed, by keeping men off, you keep them on."
John Gay
"O Polly, you might have toyed and kissed, by keeping men off, you keep them on."
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"He that will write well in any tongue, must follow this counsel of Aristotle, to speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do: and so should every man understand him, and the judgment of wise men allow him."
Roger Ascham
"He that will write well in any tongue, must follow this counsel of Aristotle, to speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do: and so should every man understand him, and the judgment of wise men allow him."
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"If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman."
Margaret Thatcher
"If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman."
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"Failing to be there when a man wants her is a woman's greatest sin, except to be there when he doesn't want her."
Pope Paul VI
"Failing to be there when a man wants her is a woman's greatest sin, except to be there when he doesn't want her."
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"A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering."
G. I. Gurdjieff
"A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering."
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"Each man must have his I; it is more necessary to him than bread; and if he does not find scope for it within the existing institutions he will be likely to make trouble."
Charles Horton Cooley
"Each man must have his I; it is more necessary to him than bread; and if he does not find scope for it within the existing institutions he will be likely to make trouble."
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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."
Agnes Smedley
"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."
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"A few honest men are better than numbers."
Oliver Cromwell
"A few honest men are better than numbers."
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"The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals."
Adam Smith
"The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals."
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"A man's only as old as the woman he feels."
Groucho Marx
"A man's only as old as the woman he feels."
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"When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation."
Alexander Hamilton
"When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation."
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"No sooner said than done - so acts your man of worth."
Franz Kafka
"No sooner said than done - so acts your man of worth."
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"As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do."
Andrew Carnegie
"As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do."
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"Jackson, however, persevered. He joined the Franklin Debating Society, an institution that had been in existence over fifty years, and had enrolled in its membership some of the ablest men in Virginia."
Daniel H. Hill
"Jackson, however, persevered. He joined the Franklin Debating Society, an institution that had been in existence over fifty years, and had enrolled in its membership some of the ablest men in Virginia."
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"When a man gives his opinion he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion she's a bitch."
Bette Davis
"When a man gives his opinion he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion she's a bitch."
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"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."
Ho Chi Minh
"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."
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"Victor Mature was a big man; he had a great swagger. I liked him and I knew we'd be good together on screen."
Esther Williams
"Victor Mature was a big man; he had a great swagger. I liked him and I knew we'd be good together on screen."
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"Nothing earth-shattering has happened in men's fashion. How much can you do with men's clothes?"
Calvin Klein
"Nothing earth-shattering has happened in men's fashion. How much can you do with men's clothes?"
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"Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy."
Dwight D. Eisenhower
"Any man who wants to be president is either an egomaniac or crazy."
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"Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked."
Niccolo Machiavelli
"Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked."
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"I have this one little saying, when things get too heavy just call me helium, the lightest known gas to man."
Jimi Hendrix
"I have this one little saying, when things get too heavy just call me helium, the lightest known gas to man."
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"Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do."
Voltaire
"Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do."
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"I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name."
William Morris
"I pondered all these things, and how men fight and lose the battle, and the thing that they fought for comes about in spite of their defeat, and when it comes turns out not to be what they meant, and other men have to fight for what they meant under another name."
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"The less men think, the more they talk."
Charles de Montesquieu
"The less men think, the more they talk."
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"From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned."
Immanuel Kant
"From such crooked wood as that which man is made of, nothing straight can be fashioned."
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"Seek not to follow in the footsteps of men of old; seek what they sought."
Matsuo Basho
"Seek not to follow in the footsteps of men of old; seek what they sought."
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"Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable."
Oscar Wilde
"Man can believe the impossible, but man can never believe the improbable."
Man,
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"The graveyards are full of indispensable men."
Charles de Gaulle
"The graveyards are full of indispensable men."
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"When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself."
Louis Nizer
"When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself."
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"He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals."
Immanuel Kant
"He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals."
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"A politician is a man who will double cross that bridge when he comes to it."
Oscar Levant
"A politician is a man who will double cross that bridge when he comes to it."
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"Men who borrow their opinions can never repay their debts."
Edward F. Halifax
"Men who borrow their opinions can never repay their debts."
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"If the world were a logical place, men would ride side-saddle."
Rita Mae Brown
"If the world were a logical place, men would ride side-saddle."
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