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"Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others."

"Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others."

Virginia Woolf, British Author

Man, Men, Literature, Opinions, Reason

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"No men are oftener wrong than those that can least bear to be so."

"No men are oftener wrong than those that can least bear to be so."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

Man, Men, Wrong

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"The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human."

"The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human."

Victor Hugo, French Author

Man, Men, Mountains, Sea

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"I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one."

"I hold the world but as the world, Gratiano; A stage where every man must play a part, And mine is a sad one."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Man, Play, World

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"Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat."

"Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

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"Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his favor, too."

"Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his favor, too."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

Man, Men, Party

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"By indignities men come to dignities."

"By indignities men come to dignities."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

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"To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way."

"To make us feel small in the right way is a function of art; men can only make us feel small in the wrong way."

E. M. Forster, English Novelist

Man, Men, Art, Right, Wrong

12

"How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man."

"How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man."

Ovid, Roman Poet

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"I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot recollect the words, but here is the sense of it: "What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me.""

"I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot recollect the words, but here is the sense of it: "What I spent I lost; what I possessed is left to others; what I gave away remains with me.""

Joseph Addison, English Writer

Man, Sense, Words

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"And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero."

"And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero."

Walt Whitman, American Poet

Man, May, Trade

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"A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves."

"A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

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"All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God."

"All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God."

Voltaire, French Writer

Man, Men, God, Knowledge

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"Stupidity often saves a man from going mad."

"Stupidity often saves a man from going mad."

Oliver Wendell Holmes, American Writer

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"Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone."

"Men of genius are often dull and inert in society; as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone."

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, American Poet

Man, Men, Genius, Society, Earth

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"I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed."

"I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed."

Mahatma Gandhi, Indian Leader

Man, Mohandas Gandhi

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"A man who could make so vile a pun would not scruple to pick a pocket."

"A man who could make so vile a pun would not scruple to pick a pocket."

John Dennis, English Critic

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"When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one."

"When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one."

Friedrich Nietzsche, German Philosopher

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"Self-made men often worship their creator."

"Self-made men often worship their creator."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Man, Men, Self, Worship

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"Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives."

"Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

Man, Men, Bachelors, Wives

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"When a man bores a woman, she complains. When a woman bores a man, he ignores her."

"When a man bores a woman, she complains. When a woman bores a man, he ignores her."

Mason Cooley, American Writer

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"A businessman is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation."

"A businessman is the only man who is forever apologizing for his occupation."

Gilbert K. Chesterton, English Writer

Man, Occupation

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"The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company."

"The display of grief makes more demands than grief itself. How few men are sad in their own company."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Man, Men, Company, Grief

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"Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense."

"Justice consists in doing no injury to men; decency in giving them no offense."

Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman Statesman

Man, Men, Decency, Giving, Injury

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"Each man must reach his own verdict, by weighing all the relevant evidence."

"Each man must reach his own verdict, by weighing all the relevant evidence."

Leonard Peikoff, Canadian Philosopher

12

"With prophecies the commentator is often a more important man than the prophet."

"With prophecies the commentator is often a more important man than the prophet."

Georg C. Lichtenberg, German Physicist

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"A man can be himself only so long as he is alone."

"A man can be himself only so long as he is alone."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

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"Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution."

"Men should pledge themselves to nothing; for reflection makes a liar of their resolution."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

Man, Men, Nothing, Reflection, Resolution

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"Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude."

"Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude."

Arthur Schopenhauer, German Philosopher

Man, Men, Eagles, Solitude

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"If a man has nothing to eat, fasting is the most intelligent thing he can do."

"If a man has nothing to eat, fasting is the most intelligent thing he can do."

Hermann Hesse, German Novelist

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"A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it."

"A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it."

Arthur Conan Doyle, British Writer

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"I never expect men to give us liberty. No, women, we are not worth it until we take it."

"I never expect men to give us liberty. No, women, we are not worth it until we take it."

Voltairine de Cleyre, American Activist

Man, Men, Women, Liberty, Worth

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"That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent."

"That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent."

Aldous Huxley, English Novelist

Man, Men, Being

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"There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do."

"There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do."

Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French Writer

12

"If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind."

"If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind."

Seneca, Roman Philosopher

Man, Right, Wind

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"A man who fights you as he does is no better than an opportunist and no worse than a thug."

"A man who fights you as he does is no better than an opportunist and no worse than a thug."

Kristin Cashore, American Author

Man, Conflict, Character, Power, Judgment

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"I'm fat, but I'm thin inside... there's a thin man inside every fat man."

"I'm fat, but I'm thin inside... there's a thin man inside every fat man."

George Orwell, British Author

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"Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves."

"Pride slays thanksgiving, but an humble mind is the soil out of which thanks naturally grow. A proud man is seldom a grateful man, for he never thinks he gets as much as he deserves."

Henry Ward Beecher, American Clergyman

Man, Mind, Pride, Thanksgiving

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"Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away."

"Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away."

Sophocles, Greek Poet

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"There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little."

"There is nothing makes a man suspect much, more than to know little."

Francis Bacon, English Philosopher

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"When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land."

"When men come to like a sea-life, they are not fit to live on land."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

Man, Men, Land, Sea

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"I will praise any man that will praise me."

"I will praise any man that will praise me."

William Shakespeare, English Dramatist

Man, Praise, Will

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"Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea they become powerless when they oppose it."

"Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea they become powerless when they oppose it."

Sigmund Freud, Austrian Psychologist

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"Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him more pleasing to others."

"Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him more pleasing to others."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

12

"No lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age, but especially not in the dark ones. Men prospered then only in following an openly declared purpose, and preaching candidly beloved and trusted creeds."

"No lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age, but especially not in the dark ones. Men prospered then only in following an openly declared purpose, and preaching candidly beloved and trusted creeds."

John Ruskin, English Writer

Man, Men, Age, Purpose, Knight

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"The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher."

"The rung of a ladder was never meant to rest upon, but only to hold a man's foot long enough to enable him to put the other somewhat higher."

Thomas Huxley, English Scientist

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"The strong man is strongest when alone."

"The strong man is strongest when alone."

Friedrich Schiller, German Dramatist

11

"The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything."

"The dons of Oxford and Cambridge are too busy educating the young men to be able to teach them anything."

Samuel Butler, British Poet

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"Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments."

"Every man is rich or poor according to the proportion between his desires and his enjoyments."

Samuel Johnson, English Author

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"The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson."

"The Universe is one great kindergarten for man. Everything that exists has brought with it its own peculiar lesson."

Orison Swett Marden, American Writer

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