Quotes with man-being

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  • Kenneth Tynan A critic is a man who knows the way, but can't drive the car.
    Kenneth Tynan
    English theater critic and writer (1927 - 1980)
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  • Iris Murdoch A good man often appears gauche simply because he does not take advantage of the myriad mean little chances of making himself look stylish. Preferring truth to form, he is not constantly at work upon the façade of his appearance.
    Iris Murdoch
    Anglo-Irish novelist and philosopher (1919 - 1999)
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  • Eric Hoffer A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • George Orwell A human being is primarily a bag for putting food into.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • George Jean Nathan A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such a fool as to regard a fulsome obituary notice as ample reward.
    George Jean Nathan
    American criticus (1882 - 1958)
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  • Thomas Paine A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right, and raises at first a formidable outcry in defense of custom. But the tumult soon subsides. Time makes more converts than reason.
    Thomas Paine
    English-born American political activist, philosopher, political theor (1737 - 1809)
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  • Burning Spear A lot of things encouraged me to start my label. I think it's very important for an artist to know how many records they've sold and where they've sold. I know that I have never been treated the way I'm supposed to be treated - like an artist. That's why I do things for myself. I feel like I'm a free man.
    Burning Spear
    Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter, vocalist and musician (1945 - )
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  • John Pierpont Morgan A man always has two reasons for doing anything - a good reason and the real reason.
    John Pierpont Morgan
    American banker, financer, art collector (1837 - 1913)
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  • Ernest Hemingway A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
    Ernest Hemingway
    American writer (1899 - 1961)
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  • C. S. Lewis A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.
    The problem of pain p. 41
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Mark Twain A man cannot be made comfortable without his own approval.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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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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  • Alexander Smith A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity.
    Alexander Smith
    Scottish Poet, Author (1829 - 1867)
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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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  • Henry David Thoreau A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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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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  • Benjamin Disraeli A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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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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