Quotes with down-on-his-luck

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  • Elizabeth Gaskell He had not an ounce of superfluous flesh on his bones, and leanness goes a great way towards gentility.
    Elizabeth Gaskell
    British writer (1810 - 1865)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg He swallowed a lot of wisdom, but all of it seems to have gone down the wrong way.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Henry David Thoreau How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading of a book! The book exists for us, perchance, that will explain our miracles and reveal new ones. The at present unutterable things we may find somewhere uttered.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Camille Paglia Men are run ragged by female sexuality all their lives. From the beginning of his life to the end, no man ever fully commands any woman. It's an illusion. Men are pussy-whipped. And they know it. That's what the strip clubs are about; not woman as victim, not woman as slave, but woman as goddess.
    As quoted in Sexuality and Gender (2002)
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Brian Hwang A man is in love when something in his head, something in his and chest and something in his pants react to a certain woman.
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg A person reveals his character by nothing so clearly as the joke he resents.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Winston Churchill Always remember, a cat looks down on man, a dog looks up to man, but a pig will look man right in the eye and see his equal.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Don Delillo Don't you realize that as long as you have to sit down to pee, you'll never be a dominant force in the world? You'll never be a convincing technocrat or middle manager. Because people will know. She's in there sitting down.
    Don Delillo
    American Author (1936 - )
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  • Henry Allen It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it.
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  • Harry S. Truman It is understanding that gives us an ability to have peace. When we understand the other fellow's viewpoint, and he understands ours, then we can sit down and work out our differences.
    Harry S. Truman
    American president (1884 - 1972)
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  • John Holt No use to shout at them to pay attention. If the situations, the materials, the problems before the child do not interest him, his attention will slip off to what does interest him, and no amount of exhortation of threats will bring it back.
    John Holt
    American author and educator (1923 - 1985)
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  • Marlene Dietrich Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.
    Marlene Dietrich
    German-born American Film Actor (1901 - 1992)
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  • Socrates Once made equal to man, woman becomes his superior.
    Socrates
    Greek philosopher (469 - 399)
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  • Josh Billings The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his way.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Walt Disney We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we're curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
    Walt Disney
    American producer (1901 - 1966)
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  • Mahfouz Naguib You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
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  • Janet Frame ''For your own good'' is a persuasive argument that will eventually make a man agree to his own destruction.
    Janet Frame
    New Zealand author (1924 - 2004)
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  • Henry Ford A bore is a person who opens his mouth and puts his feats in it.
    Henry Ford
    American industrialist (1863 - 1947)
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  • Billy Graham A child who is allowed to be disrespectful to his parents will not have true respect for anyone.
    Billy Graham
    American Evangelist (1918 - 2018)
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  • Winston Churchill A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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