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Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes.
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Being misunderstood by people whose opinions you value is absolutely the most painful.
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Circumstances do not make the man, they reveal him.
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City life is millions of people being lonesome together.
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Every man has his own vocation, talent is the call.
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Every man who repeats the dogma of Mill that one country is no fit to rule another country must admit that one class is not fit to rule another class.
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Facts are ventriloquists dummies. Sitting on a wise man's knee they may be made to utter words of wisdom; elsewhere, they say nothing, or talk nonsense, or indulge in sheer diabolism.
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For this is one of the ancientest laws among them; that no man shall be blamed for reasoning in the maintenance of his own religion.
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For what are the classics but the noblest thoughts of man? They are the only oracles which are not decayed, and there are such answers to the most modern inquiry in them as Delphi and Dodona never gave. We might as well omit to study Nature because she is old.
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He can compress the most words into the smallest idea of any man I ever met.
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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.
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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
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I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
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It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.
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Language most shows a man, speak that I may see thee.
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Lord Illingworth: All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. Mrs. Allonby: No man does. That is his.
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Misery acquaints a man with strange bedfellows.
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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.
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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.
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