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"Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others."

"Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

Man, Men, Ambition, First

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"Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old."

"Every man desires to live long, but no man wishes to be old."

Jonathan Swift, Irish Writer

Man, Old, Wishes

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"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds."

"A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

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"When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad."

"When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad."

Tacitus, Roman Historian

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"If I were a man with gills, I would be a fish!"

"If I were a man with gills, I would be a fish!"

Ryan Stiles, American Actor

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"Later on, there were some problems with our navy, so he made me the head of the navy - all things that I hardly knew anything about. I was basically an ignorant young man."

"Later on, there were some problems with our navy, so he made me the head of the navy - all things that I hardly knew anything about. I was basically an ignorant young man."

Shimon Peres, Israeli Statesman

Man, Navy, Problems

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"White men have always controlled their wives' wages. Colored men were not able to do so until they themselves became free. Then they owned both their wives and their wages."

"White men have always controlled their wives' wages. Colored men were not able to do so until they themselves became free. Then they owned both their wives and their wages."

Susan B. Anthony, American Activist

Man, Men, Wages, Wives

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"If I could find a white man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel, I could make a billion dollars."

"If I could find a white man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel, I could make a billion dollars."

Sam Phillips, American Businessman

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"No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself."

"No man thinks there is much ado about nothing when the ado is about himself."

Anthony Trollope, English Author

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"A man will turn over half a library to make one book."

"A man will turn over half a library to make one book."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

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"Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war."

"Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Man, Men, War, Adversity, Soldiers

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"It may easily come to pass that a vain man may become proud and imagine himself pleasing to all when he is in reality a universal nuisance."

"It may easily come to pass that a vain man may become proud and imagine himself pleasing to all when he is in reality a universal nuisance."

Baruch Spinoza, Dutch Philosopher

Man, May, Reality

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"Poverty was an ornament on a learned man like a red ribbon on a white horse."

"Poverty was an ornament on a learned man like a red ribbon on a white horse."

Anzia Yezierska, Polish Novelist

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"Let each man pass his days in that wherein his skill is greatest."

"Let each man pass his days in that wherein his skill is greatest."

Sextus Propertius, Roman Poet

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"Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you."

"Give a man a free hand and he'll run it all over you."

Mae West, American Actress

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"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

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"The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers."

"The healthy man does not torture others - generally it is the tortured who turn into torturers."

Carl Jung, Swiss Psychologist

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"Men stumble over pebbles, never over mountains."

"Men stumble over pebbles, never over mountains."

Marilyn French, American Author

Man, Men, Mountains

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"All things must; man is the only creature that wills."

"All things must; man is the only creature that wills."

Friedrich Schiller, German Dramatist

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"If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it."

"If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it."

Tennessee Williams, American Dramatist

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"A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover but will sooner or later find a tyrant."

"A woman who gives any advantage to a man may expect a lover but will sooner or later find a tyrant."

George Byron, Scottish Poet

Man, May, Will, Woman

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"It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles."

"It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles."

Niccolo Machiavelli, Italian Writer

Man, Men, Honor, Titles

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"To live without killing is a thought which could electrify the world, if men were only capable of staying awake long enough to let the idea soak in."

"To live without killing is a thought which could electrify the world, if men were only capable of staying awake long enough to let the idea soak in."

Henry Miller, American Author

Man, Men, Thought, Idea, Killing

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"Reason has never failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world."

"Reason has never failed men. Only force and repression have made the wrecks in the world."

William Allen White, American Editor

Man, Men, Force, Reason, Repression

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"Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied."

"Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied."

Henry George, American Economist

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"The common erotic project of destroying women makes it possible for men to unite into a brotherhood; this project is the only firm and trustworthy groundwork for cooperation among males and all male bonding is based on it."

"The common erotic project of destroying women makes it possible for men to unite into a brotherhood; this project is the only firm and trustworthy groundwork for cooperation among males and all male bonding is based on it."

Andrea Dworkin, American Critic

Man, Men, Women, Brotherhood, Cooperation

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"If I am shot at, I want no man to be in the way of the bullet."

"If I am shot at, I want no man to be in the way of the bullet."

Andrew Johnson, American President

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"Where wealth accumulates, men decay."

"Where wealth accumulates, men decay."

Oliver Goldsmith, Irish Poet

Man, Men, Wealth

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"We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight."

"We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight."

Calvin Coolidge, American President

Man, Men, Politics, Midnight, Office

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"No poll can equal the day-to-day visits of the men and women of the Democratic Party."

"No poll can equal the day-to-day visits of the men and women of the Democratic Party."

Richard J. Daley, American Politician

Man, Men, Women, Day, Party

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"A doctor gave a man six months to live. The man couldn't pay his bill, so he gave him another six months."

"A doctor gave a man six months to live. The man couldn't pay his bill, so he gave him another six months."

Henny Youngman, American Comedian

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"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

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"Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains."

"Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains."

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher

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"No thoroughly occupied man was ever yet very miserable."

"No thoroughly occupied man was ever yet very miserable."

Letitia Landon, British Poet

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"Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little."

"Nothing is enough for the man to whom enough is too little."

Epicurus, Greek Philosopher

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"Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains."

"Man is born free and everywhere he is in chains."

Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Swiss Philosopher

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"Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit."

"Each man is good in the sight of the Great Spirit."

Sitting Bull, Lakotan Statesman

Man, Sight, Spirit

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"I viewed my fellow man not as a fallen angel, but as a risen ape."

"I viewed my fellow man not as a fallen angel, but as a risen ape."

Desmond Morris, English Scientist

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"One man is as good as another until he has written a book."

"One man is as good as another until he has written a book."

Benjamin Jowett, English Theologian

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"A few men own from ten thousand to two hundred thousand acres each. The poor Laborer can find no resting place, save on the barren mountain, or in the trackless desert."

"A few men own from ten thousand to two hundred thousand acres each. The poor Laborer can find no resting place, save on the barren mountain, or in the trackless desert."

Denis Kearney, American Politician

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"Even the handsomest men do not have the same momentary effect on the world as a truly beautiful woman does."

"Even the handsomest men do not have the same momentary effect on the world as a truly beautiful woman does."

Jonathan Carroll, American Author

Man, Men, Effect, Woman, World

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"If high heels were so wonderful, men would be wearing them."

"If high heels were so wonderful, men would be wearing them."

Sue Grafton, American Novelist

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"The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men."

"The fate of animals is of greater importance to me than the fear of appearing ridiculous; it is indissolubly connected with the fate of men."

Emile Zola, French Novelist

Man, Men, Fear, Animals, Fate

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"Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them."

"Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities; strong men make them."

Orison Swett Marden, American Writer

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"I mean to make myself a man, and if I succeed in that, I shall succeed in everything else."

"I mean to make myself a man, and if I succeed in that, I shall succeed in everything else."

James A. Garfield, American President

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"Men like women who write. Even though they don't say so. A writer is a foreign country."

"Men like women who write. Even though they don't say so. A writer is a foreign country."

Marguerite Duras, French Novelist

Man, Men, Women, Country, Writer

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"A man is as old as his arteries."

"A man is as old as his arteries."

Thomas Sydenham, English Scientist

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"The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it."

"The man who complains about the way the ball bounces is likely the one who dropped it."

Lou Holtz, American Coach

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"The capacity of man himself is only revealed when, under stress and responsibility, he breaks through his educational shell, and he may then be a splendid surprise to himself no less than to this teachers."

"The capacity of man himself is only revealed when, under stress and responsibility, he breaks through his educational shell, and he may then be a splendid surprise to himself no less than to this teachers."

Harvey Cushing, American Scientist

Man, May, Responsibility, Stress

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"I pick my nose and I'm not ashamed to admit it. If there's a bogey then just pick it, man."

"I pick my nose and I'm not ashamed to admit it. If there's a bogey then just pick it, man."

Justin Timberlake, American Musician

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