Quotes with man-being

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  • Amos Bronson Alcott Thought means life, since those who do not think so do not live in any high or real sense. Thinking makes the man.
    Amos Bronson Alcott
    American educator and social reformer (1799 - 1888)
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  • Thomas Carlyle Thought once awakened does not again slumber; unfolds itself into a System of Thought; grows, in man after man, generation after generation, till its full stature is reached, and such System of Thought can grow no farther, but must give place to another.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Thought takes man out of servitude, into freedom.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Woody Allen Thought: Why does man kill? He kills for food. And not only food: frequently there must be a beverage.
    Woody Allen
    American movie director and actor (1935 - )
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  • Paracelsus Thoughts give birth to a creative force that is neither elemental nor sidereal. Thoughts create a new heaven, a new firmament, a new source of energy, from which new arts flow. When a man undertakes to create something, he establishes a new heaven.
    Paracelsus
    Swiss doctor and alchemist, born Theophrastus von Hohenheim (1493 - 1541)
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  • Stanislaw Jerzy Lec Thoughts, like fleas, jump from man to man, but they don't bite everybody.
    Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
    Polish writer (1909 - 1966)
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  • Buddha Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • Anthony Trollope Three hours a day will produce as much as a man ought to write.
    Anthony Trollope
    British writer (1815 - 1882)
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  • Josh Billings Threescore years and ten is enough; if a man can't suffer all the misery he wants in that time, he must be numb.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Comte De Isidore Ducasse Lautreamont Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only believes in his own beauty out of pride; that he is not really beautiful and he suspects this himself; for why does he look on the face of his fellow-man with such scorn?
    Comte De Isidore Ducasse Lautreamont
    French author, poet (1846 - 1870)
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  • Maxwell Maltz Thus man of all creatures is more than a creature, he is also a creator. Man alone can direct his success mechanism by the use of imagination, or imaging ability.
    Maxwell Maltz
    American surgeon and author (1889 - 1975)
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  • Blaise Pascal Thus so wretched is man that he would weary even without any cause for weariness... and so frivolous is he that, though full of a thousand reasons for weariness, the least thing, such as playing billiards or hitting a ball, is sufficient enough to amuse him.
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    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • Carol Bellamy Thus the Convention is unequivocal in its call for children to be consulted, to have their opinions heard and to have their best interests considered when law and policies are being drafted.
    Carol Bellamy
    American nonprofit executive (1942 - )
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  • John Locke Till a man can judge whether they be truths or not, his understanding is but little improved, and thus men of much reading, though greatly learned, but may be little knowing.
    John Locke
    English philosopher (1632 - 1704)
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  • Robert Frost Time and tide wait for no man, but time always stands still for a woman of 30.
    Robert Frost
    American poet (1874 - 1963)
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  • Geoffrey Chaucer Time and tide wait for no man.
    Geoffrey Chaucer
    British poet (1340 - 1400)
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  • Herbert Spencer Time is that which a man is always trying to kill, but which ends in killing him.
    Herbert Spencer
    British Philosopher (1820 - 1903)
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  • Miguel de Cervantes Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.
    Miguel de Cervantes
    Spanish writer and poet (1547 - 1616)
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  • Ralph Hodgson Time, you old gypsy man, will you not stay, put up your caravan just for one day?
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  • Gore Vidal To a man, ornithologists are tall, slender, and bearded so that they can stand motionless for hours, imitating kindly trees, as they watch for birds.
    Gore Vidal
    American writer and criticus (1925 - 2012)
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