Quotes with fellow-man

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  • Abraham Lincoln He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I ever met.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Douglas Jerrold He was so benevolent, so merciful a man that, in his mistaken passion, he would have held an umbrella over a duck in a shower of rain.
    Douglas Jerrold
    English journalist and playwright (1803 - 1857)
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  • St. John of the Cross He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to escape from his hand; he can hardly catch it again.
    St. John of the Cross
    Spanish mystic, a Roman Catholic saint, a Carmelite friar and a priest (1542 - 1591)
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  • Henry David Thoreau I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • J. C. Macaulay It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.
    J. C. Macaulay
    American clergyman and author (1900 - )
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  • Ben Johnson Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.
    Ben Johnson
    English playwright and poet (1572 - 1637)
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  • Oscar Wilde Lord Illingworth: All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. Mrs. Allonby: No man does. That is his.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • William Shakespeare Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Buddha On life's journey faith is nourishment, virtuous deeds are a shelter, wisdom is the light by day and right mindfulness is the protection by night. If a man lives a pure life, nothing can destroy him.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • Muhammad Ali Only a man who knows what it is like to be defeated can reach down to the bottom of his soul and come up with the extra ounce of power it takes to win when the match is even.
    Muhammad Ali
    American Boxer (1942 - 2016)
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  • Madonna Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
    Madonna
    American musician, singer and actress (1958 - )
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  • Henry Ward Beecher Sink the Bible to the bottom of the sea, and man's obligation to God would be unchanged. He would have the same path to tread, only his lamp and his guide would be gone; he would have the same voyage to make, only his compass and chart would be overboard.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Joseph Addison That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel?
    Joseph Addison
    English politician, writer and poet (1672 - 1719)
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  • Erich Fromm The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers.
    Erich Fromm
    German - American philosopher and psychologist (1900 - 1980)
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  • Mandell Creighton The real object of education is to have a man in the condition of continually asking questions.
    Mandell Creighton
    British historian and bishop (1843 - 1901)
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  • Henry Brooks Adams The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong.
    Henry Brooks Adams
    American historian (1838 - 1918)
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  • Charles Baudelaire There are in every man, always, two simultaneous allegiances, one to God, the other to Satan. Invocation of God, or Spirituality, is a desire to climb higher; that of Satan, or animality, is delight in descent.
    Charles Baudelaire
    French poet (1821 - 1867)
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  • Henry David Thoreau This American government - what is it but a tradition, though a recent one, endeavoring to transmit itself unimpaired to posterity, but each instant losing some of its integrity? It has not the vitality and force of a single living man; for a single man can bend it to his will.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Euripides To persevere, trusting in what hopes he has, is courage in a man.
    Euripides
    Greek tragedian and poet (480 - 406)
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  • Sir Max Beerbohm To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people. A conceited man is satisfied with the effect he produces on himself.
    Sir Max Beerbohm
    British Actor (1872 - 1956)
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