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  • Lana Turner A successful man is one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is one who can find such a man.
    Lana Turner
    American actress (1921 - 1995)
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  • William Shakespeare Confusion now hath made his masterpiece!
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Evan Esar A signature always reveals a man's character - and sometimes even his name.
    Evan Esar
    American humorist (1899 - 1995)
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  • Elbert Hubbard Forbid a man to think for himself or to act for himself and you may add the joy of piracy and the zest of smuggling to his life.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • Marcus Aurelius A man's life is what his thoughts make of it.
    Ta eis heauton V, 16
    Marcus Aurelius
    Roman emperor (121 - 180)
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  • Faith Baldwin Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.
    Faith Baldwin
    American author of romance and fiction (1893 - 1978)
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  • James Allen The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.
    James Allen
    British philosophical writer (1864 - 1912)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg Everyone is a genius at least once a year; a real genius has his original ideas closer together.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Cato the Elder An angry man opens his mouth and shuts his eyes.
    Cato the Elder
    Roman senator and historian (234 - 149)
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  • Publilius Syrus A man's own character is the arbiter of his fortune.
    Publilius Syrus
    Syrian poet (85 - 43)
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  • Oscar Wilde A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Jean Paul A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another s.
    Jean Paul
    German poet (ps. by Johann P.F. Richter) (1763 - 1825)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson 'Tis very certain that each man carries in his eye the exact indication of his rank in the immense scale of men, and we are always learning to read it. A complete man should need no auxiliaries to his personal presence.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Fred A. Allen A gentleman is any man who wouldn't hit a woman with his hat on.
    Fred A. Allen
    American comic (1894 - 1956)
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  • Oscar Wilde A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Aristotle At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Friedrich Nietzsche ''To give style'' to one's character - a great and rare art! He exercises it who surveys all that his nature presents in strength and weakness and then moulds it to an artistic plan until everything appears as art and reason, and even the weaknesses delight the eye.
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    German poet and philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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  • Karl Kraus A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.
    Karl Kraus
    Austrian writer and journalist (1874 - 1936)
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  • William Shakespeare A walking shadow, a poor player, that struts and frets his hour upon the stage, and then is heard no more.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • John Ruskin Children see in their parents the past, their parents see in them the future; and if we find more love in the parents for their children than in children for their parents, this is sad but natural. Who does not entertain his hopes more than his recollections.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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