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  • Robin George Collingwood A man ceases to be a beginner in any given science and becomes a master in that science when he has learned that he is going to be a beginner all his life.
    Robin George Collingwood
    English philosopher, historian and archaeologist (1889 - 1943)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson A man finds room in the few square inches of the face for the traits of all his ancestors; for the expression of all his history, and his wants.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Jan Christian Smuts A man is not defeated by his opponents but by himself.
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • William Dean Howells A man never sees all that his mother has been to him until it's too late to let her know he sees it.
    William Dean Howells
    American writer, criticus (1837 - 1920)
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  • Samuel Johnson A man seldom thinks with more earnestness of anything than he does of his dinner.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne A man should ever be ready booted to take his journey.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Confucius A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Mario Puzo A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man.
    The Godfather
    Mario Puzo
    American author, screenwriter and journalist (1920 - 1999)
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  • Muhammad Ali A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life.
    Muhammad Ali
    American Boxer (1942 - 2016)
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  • Napoleon A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.
    Napoleon
    French Emperor (1769 - 1821)
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  • Robert Browning A man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's heaven for?
    Robert Browning
    English poet (1812 - 1889)
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  • Adam Clayton Powell A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck.
    Keep the Faith, Baby!
    Adam Clayton Powell
    American politician and pastor (1908 - 1972)
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  • Ralph Waldo Trine A miracle is nothing more or less than this. Anyone who has come into a knowledge of his true identity, of his oneness with the all-pervading wisdom and power, this makes it possible for laws higher than the ordinary mind knows of to be revealed to him.
    Ralph Waldo Trine
    American writer (1866 - 1958)
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  • James Fenimore Cooper A monarchy is the most expensive of all forms of government, the regal state requiring a costly parade, and he who depends on his own power to rule, must strengthen that power by bribing the active and enterprising whom he cannot intimidate.
    James Fenimore Cooper
    American writer (1789 - 1851)
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  • John Louis O'Sullivan A torchlight procession marching down your throat.
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  • Aristotle A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • David Gemmell A warrior feeds his body well; he trains it; works on it. Where he lacks knowledge, he studies. But above all he must believe. He must believe in his strength of will, of purpose, of heart and soul.
    Quest For Lost Heroes (2011) 43
    David Gemmell
    British author of heroic fantasy (1948 - 2006)
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  • Josh Billings Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist - it reduces him to his fighting weight.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Bhagavad Gita All mankind
    Is born for perfection
    And each shall attain it
    Will he but follow
    His nature's duty.
    Bhagavad Gita
    Indian Hindu storybook
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