Quotes with anti-man

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  • Jean Baudrillard A society which allows an abominable event to burgeon from its dung heap and grow on its surface is like a man who lets a fly crawl unheeded across his face or saliva dribble from his mouth - either epileptic or dead.
    Jean Baudrillard
    French sociologist and philosopher. (1929 - 2007)
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  • Bernard M. Baruch A speculator is a man who observes the future, and acts before it occurs.
    Bernard M. Baruch
    American investor, philanthropist, statesman, and political consultant (1870 - 1965)
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  • Friedrich Nietzsche A strong and secure man digests his experiences (deeds and misdeeds alike) just as he digests his meat, even when he has some bits to swallow.
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    German poet and philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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  • Francis Bacon A sudden bold and unexpected question doth many times surprise a man and lay him open.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Mary Elizabeth Hewitt A sumptuous dwelling the rich man hath. And dainty is his repast; but remember that luxury's prodigal hand keeps the furnace of toil in blast.
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  • Albert Einstein A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what a man needs to be happy ?
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Dag Hammarskjöld A task becomes a duty from the moment you suspect it to be an essential part of that integrity which alone entitles a man to assume responsibility.
    Dag Hammarskjöld
    Swedish diplomat (1905 - 1961)
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  • Henry Ward Beecher A tool is but the extension of a man's hand, and a machine is but a complex tool. And he that invents a machine augments the power of a man and the well-being of mankind.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Lao-Tzu A tree trunk the size of a man grows from a blade as thin as a hair. A tower nine stories high is built from a small heap of earth.
    Lao-Tzu
    Chinese philosopher (600 - 550)
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  • W. H. Auden A tremendous number of people in America work very hard at something that bores them. Even a rich man thinks he has to go down to the office everyday. Not because he likes it but because he can't think of anything else to do.
    W. H. Auden
    American poet (1907 - 1973)
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  • Napoleon A true man hates no one.
    Napoleon
    French Emperor (1769 - 1821)
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  • Jean de la Bruyère A vain man finds it wise to speak good or ill of himself; a modest man does not talk of himself.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • Mahatma Gandhi A vow is fixed and unalterable determination to do a thing, when such a determination is related to something noble which can only uplift the man who makes the resolve.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • William Hazlitt A Whig is properly what is called a Trimmer - that is, a coward to both sides of the question, who dare not be a knave nor an honest man, but is a sort of whiffing, shuffling, cunning, silly, contemptible, unmeaning negation of the two.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • Helen Rowland A widow is a fascinating being with the flavor of maturity, the spice of experience, the piquancy of novelty, the tang of practiced coquetry, and the halo of one man's approval.
    Helen Rowland
    American journalist (1875 - 1950)
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  • Baltasar Gracián A wise man learns more from his enemies than a fool from his friends.
    Baltasar Gracián
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • Robert Cecil A wise man looks upon men as he does on horses; all their comparisons of title, wealth, and place, he consider but as harness.
    Robert Cecil
    English statesman (1563 - 1612)
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  • John Churton Collins A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult.
    John Churton Collins
    British literary critic (1848 - 1908)
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  • Adlai Stevenson II A wise man who stands firm is a statesman, a foolish man who stands firm is a catastrophe.
    Adlai Stevenson II
    American politician and governor (1900 - 1965)
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  • Lord Chesterfield A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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