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  • Eric Hoffer Man staggers through life yapped at by his reason, pulled and shoved by his appetites, whispered to by fears, beckoned by hopes. Small wonder that what he craves most is self-forgetting.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken Man weeps to think that he will die so soon; woman, that she was born so long ago.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Confucius Man who stand on hill with mouth open will wait long time for roast duck to drop in.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Baltasar Gracian Man's life is a warfare against the malice of men.
    Baltasar Gracian
    Spanish Jesuit and philosopher (1601 - 1658)
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  • Bishop Joseph Henshaw Man's life is like unto a winter's day, Some break their fast and so depart away, Others stay dinner then depart full fed; The longest age but sups and goes to bed. Oh, reader, then behold and see, As we are now so must you be.
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  • Lord George Byron Man's love is of man's life a part; it is a woman's whole existence. In her first passion, a woman loves her lover, in all the others all she loves is love.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Erich Fromm Man's main task in life is to give birth to himself, to become what he potentially is. The most important product of his effort is his own personality.
    Erich Fromm
    German - American philosopher and psychologist (1900 - 1980)
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  • Elie Wiesel Man, as long as he lives, is immortal. One minute before his death he shall be immortal. But one minute later, God wins.
    Elie Wiesel
    Rumanian-born American Writer (1928 - 2016)
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  • Lord George Byron Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Maurice Maeterlinck Many a happiness in life, as many a disaster, can be due to chance, but the peace within us can never be governed by chance.
    Maurice Maeterlinck
    Belgian poet, playwright and Nobel Prize winner (1911) (1862 - 1949)
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  • Bruce Barton Many a man who pays rent all his life owns his own home; and many a family has successfully saved for a home only to find itself at last with nothing but a house.
    Bruce Barton
    American Author, Advertising Executive (1886 - 1967)
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  • Ben Bernanke Many foreclosed homes are neglected or abandoned, as legal proceedings or other factors delay their resale. Deteriorating or vacant properties can, in turn, directly affect the quality of life in a neighborhood, for example, by leading to increases in vandalism or crime.
    Ben Bernanke
    American economist (1953 - )
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  • Thomas Alva Edison Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up.
    Thomas Alva Edison
    American inventor and founder of General Electric (1847 - 1931)
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  • Mignon McLaughlin Many of us go through life feeling as an actor might feel who does not like his part, and does not believe in the play.
    Source: The Complete Neurotic's Notebook (1981)
    Mignon McLaughlin
    American writer, editor (1913 - 1983)
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  • George Halas Many people flounder about in life because they do not have a purpose, an objective toward which to work.
    George Halas
     
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  • Albert Einstein Many times a day I realize how much my own life is built on the labors of my fellowmen, and how earnestly I must exert myself in order to give in return as much as I have received.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Kahlil Gibran March on. Do not tarry. To go forward is to move toward perfection. March on, and fear not the thorns, or the sharp stones on life's path.
    Kahlil Gibran
    Libian painter and writer (1883 - 1931)
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  • Marcus Aurelius Mark how fleeting and paltry is the estate of man - yesterday in embryo, tomorrow a mummy or ashes. So for the hairsbreadth of time assigned to thee, live rationally, and part with life cheerfully, as drops the ripe olive, extolling the season that bore it and the tree that matured it.
    Marcus Aurelius
    Roman emperor (121 - 180)
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  • Bob Newhart Mark Twain gave us an insight into the life on the Mississippi at the turn of the century.
    Bob Newhart
    American stand-up comedian and actor (1929 - )
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  • Cate Blanchett Marriage is a risk; I think it's a great and glorious risk, as long as you embark on the adventure in the same spirit.
    Cate Blanchett
    Australian actress and theatre (1969 - )
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