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"The existentialist says at once that man is anguish."

"The existentialist says at once that man is anguish."

Jean-Paul Sartre, French Philosopher

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"No man can in any measure resemble the scripture saints."

"No man can in any measure resemble the scripture saints."

Charles Simeon, English Clergyman

Man, Measure, Saints, Scripture

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"A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humors and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters."

"A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humors and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters."

Lord Chesterfield, British Statesman

Man, Sense, Trifles

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"There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with."

"There are no extraordinary men... just extraordinary circumstances that ordinary men are forced to deal with."

William Halsey, American Soldier

Man, Men, Circumstances

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"The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men."

"The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men."

George Eliot, British Author

Man, Men, Work, World

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"A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that he is wiser today than yesterday."

"A man should never be ashamed to own that he has been in the wrong, which is but saying... that he is wiser today than yesterday."

Jonathan Swift, Irish Writer

Man, Saying, Today, Wrong

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"I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others."

"I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others."

Marcus Aurelius, Roman Soldier

Man, Men, Opinions, Rest

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"I often want to cry. That is the only advantage women have over men - at least they can cry."

"I often want to cry. That is the only advantage women have over men - at least they can cry."

Jean Rhys, English Novelist

Man, Men, Women, Want

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"On Monday mornings I am dedicated to the proposition that all men are created jerks."

"On Monday mornings I am dedicated to the proposition that all men are created jerks."

H. Allen Smith, American Journalist

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"Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say."

"Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say."

Charles Caleb Colton, English Writer

Man, Men, Eyes, Order, Tongue

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"It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents."

"It is the child in man that is the source of his uniqueness and creativeness, and the playground is the optimal milieu for the unfolding of his capacities and talents."

Eric Hoffer, American Writer

Man, Uniqueness

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"A hero holds purposes appropriate to man and is, therefore, a thinker."

"A hero holds purposes appropriate to man and is, therefore, a thinker."

Andrew Bernstein, American Philosopher

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"The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it."

"The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it."

Ayn Rand, Russian Writer

Man, Men, Truth

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"People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for money. It's a dreadfully unjust world."

"People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for money. It's a dreadfully unjust world."

Louisa May Alcott, American Novelist

Man, Men, Women, Work, Money

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"Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves."

"Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves."

Charlotte Bronte, British Novelist

Man, Men, Success, God

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"Men don't and can't live by exchanging articles, but by producing them. They don't live by trade, but by work. Give up that foolish and vain title of Trades Unions; and take that of laborers Unions."

"Men don't and can't live by exchanging articles, but by producing them. They don't live by trade, but by work. Give up that foolish and vain title of Trades Unions; and take that of laborers Unions."

John Ruskin, English Writer

Man, Men, Work, Trade

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"Dear Lord; we beg but one boon more: Peace in the hearts of all men living, peace in the whole world this Thanksgiving."

"Dear Lord; we beg but one boon more: Peace in the hearts of all men living, peace in the whole world this Thanksgiving."

Joseph Auslander, American Poet

Man, Men, Peace, Living, Thanksgiving

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"The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall."

"The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall."

Thomas Carlyle, Scottish Philosopher

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"I am a man-pen. I feel through the pen, because of the pen."

"I am a man-pen. I feel through the pen, because of the pen."

Gustave Flaubert, French Novelist

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"There's no doubt that Mexican men and women full of dignity, willpower and a capacity for work are doing the work that not even blacks want to do in the United States."

"There's no doubt that Mexican men and women full of dignity, willpower and a capacity for work are doing the work that not even blacks want to do in the United States."

Vicente Fox, Mexican Statesman

Man, Men, Women, Work, Willpower

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"I won it, at least five million times. Men who were stronger, bigger and faster than I was could have done it, but they never picked up a pole, and never made the feeble effort to pick their legs off the ground and get over the bar."

"I won it, at least five million times. Men who were stronger, bigger and faster than I was could have done it, but they never picked up a pole, and never made the feeble effort to pick their legs off the ground and get over the bar."

Bob Richards, American Athlete

Man, Men, Effort

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"General Lee, this is no place for you. These men behind you are Georgians and Virginians. They have never failed you and will not fail you here. Will you boys?"

"General Lee, this is no place for you. These men behind you are Georgians and Virginians. They have never failed you and will not fail you here. Will you boys?"

John Brown Gordon, American Soldier

Man, Men, Boys, Will

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"We must learn which ceremonies may be breached occasionally at our convenience and which ones may never be if we are to live pleasantly with our fellow man."

"We must learn which ceremonies may be breached occasionally at our convenience and which ones may never be if we are to live pleasantly with our fellow man."

Amy Vanderbilt, American Author

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"The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore."

"The man who lets himself be bored is even more contemptible than the bore."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

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"She is still less civilized than man, largely because she has not been educated."

"She is still less civilized than man, largely because she has not been educated."

W. L. George, English Writer

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"A scrupulous man will never produce a great novel."

"A scrupulous man will never produce a great novel."

Julien Green, American Novelist

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"Observation is an old man's memory."

"Observation is an old man's memory."

Jonathan Swift, Irish Writer

Man, Memory, Observation, Old

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"Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition."

"Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition."

Michel de Montaigne, French Philosopher

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"Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it."

"Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it."

John Steinbeck, American Author

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"I became the unnatural son of a few score of beaten men."

"I became the unnatural son of a few score of beaten men."

Neal Cassady, American Writer

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"Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him."

"Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him."

Albert Schweitzer, German Theologian

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"When a man forgets himself, he usually does something everybody else remembers."

"When a man forgets himself, he usually does something everybody else remembers."

James Coco, American Actor

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"To be a great man and a saint for oneself, that is the only important thing."

"To be a great man and a saint for oneself, that is the only important thing."

Charles Baudelaire, French Poet

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"If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow strictly the teachings of the New, he would be insane."

"If a man would follow, today, the teachings of the Old Testament, he would be a criminal. If he would follow strictly the teachings of the New, he would be insane."

Robert Green Ingersoll, American Lawyer

Man, Old, Today

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"Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies."

"Every man is surrounded by a neighborhood of voluntary spies."

Jane Austen, British Writer

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"The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were."

"The problems of the world cannot possibly be solved by skeptics or cynics whose horizons are limited by the obvious realities. We need men who can dream of things that never were."

John F. Kennedy, American President

Man, Men, Dream, Obvious, Problems

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"The little man is still a man."

"The little man is still a man."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

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"The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions."

"The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions."

Oliver Holmes, Jr., American Judge

Man, Old, Rules

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"The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness."

"The sea has never been friendly to man. At most it has been the accomplice of human restlessness."

Joseph Conrad, Polish Novelist

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"Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace."

"Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace."

Dwight D. Eisenhower, American President

Man, Men, Peace, Consideration, Cooperation

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"Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds."

"Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds."

Franklin D. Roosevelt, American President

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"I went over to the Charlestown Navy Yard yesterday and saw some big men of war, one over 100 guns."

"I went over to the Charlestown Navy Yard yesterday and saw some big men of war, one over 100 guns."

John D. Long, American Politician

Man, Men, War, Navy, Yesterday

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"Sometimes I think that the biggest difference between men and women is that more men need to seek out some terrible lurking thing in existence and hurl themselves upon it. Women know where it lives but they can let it alone."

"Sometimes I think that the biggest difference between men and women is that more men need to seek out some terrible lurking thing in existence and hurl themselves upon it. Women know where it lives but they can let it alone."

Russell Hoban, American Novelist

Man, Men, Women, Difference, Existence

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"For poetry there exists neither large countries nor small. Its domain is in the heart of all men."

"For poetry there exists neither large countries nor small. Its domain is in the heart of all men."

Giorgos Seferis, Greek Poet

Man, Men, Poetry, Heart, Countries

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"Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it professes to be enforcing the will of God or the injunctions of men."

"Whatever crushes individuality is despotism, by whatever name it may be called and whether it professes to be enforcing the will of God or the injunctions of men."

John Stuart Mill, English Philosopher

Man, Men, God, Individuality, May

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"Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation."

"Cynical realism is the intelligent man's best excuse for doing nothing in an intolerable situation."

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist

Man, Nothing, Realism

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"All of our affairs, since the union of crowns, have been managed by the advice of English ministers, and the principal offices of the kingdom filled with such men, as the court of England knew would be subservient to their designs."

"All of our affairs, since the union of crowns, have been managed by the advice of English ministers, and the principal offices of the kingdom filled with such men, as the court of England knew would be subservient to their designs."

Andrew Fletcher, Scottish Writer

Man, Men, Advice, Court, Englenglish

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"Stand by your man. Give him two arms to cling to and something warm to come to."

"Stand by your man. Give him two arms to cling to and something warm to come to."

Tammy Wynette, American Musician

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"The man is either mad, or he is making verses."

"The man is either mad, or he is making verses."

Horace, Roman Poet

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"The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men."

"The world's great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

Man, Men, World

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