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Man Quotes
"In America everybody is of the opinion that he has no social superiors, since all men are equal, but he does not admit that he has no social inferiors, for, from the time of Jefferson onward, the doctrine that all men are equal applies only upwards, not downwards."
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"There is no evil in the atom; only in men's souls."
17
"Scratch a Yale man with both hands and you'll be lucky to find a coast-guard. Usually you find nothing at all."
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"It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs."
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"An intellectual is a man who takes more words than necessary to tell more than he knows."
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"It is better to believe that a man does possess good qualities than to assert that he does not."
Man,
17
"Can I throw harder than Joe Wood? Listen mister, no man alive can throw any harder than Smokey Joe Wood."
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"Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again."
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"Edible - good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm."
Man,
17
"I would much rather have men ask why I have no statue than why I have one."
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"When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions; their reasons are always different."
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"Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise."
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"The spirit's foe in man has not been simplicity, but sophistication."
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"If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it; for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else."
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"And for man to look upon himself as a capital good, even if it did not impair his freedom, may seem to debase him... by investing in themselves, people can enlarge the range of choice available to them. It is one way free men can enhance their welfare."
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"It still holds true that man is most uniquely human when he turns obstacles into opportunities."
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"Our situation here, without any exaggeration, is beyond description almost; it is such as eye has not seen nor ear heard, nor hath it ever entered into the heart of men to conceive Boston ever to arrive at."
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"There's a crystallization that goes on in a poem which the young man can bring off, but which the middle-aged man can't."
Man,
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