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A miser grows rich by seeming poor. An extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.
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A people and their religion must be judged by social standards based on social ethics. No other standard would have any meaning if religion is held to be necessary good for the well-being of the people.
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A really great man is known by three signs... generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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A snake is afraid of a mongoes, a mongoes is afraid of a dog, a dog is
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A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him.
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A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
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A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught.
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A wise man is he who does not grieve for the thing which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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A woman simply is, but a man must become. Masculinity is risky and elusive. It is achieved by a revolt from woman, and it is confirmed only by other men. Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all.
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Adversities do not make a man frail. They show what sort of man he is.
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Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist - it reduces him to his fighting weight.
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Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
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All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a room.
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All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room alone.
Original:Tout le malheur des hommes vient d'une seule chose, qui est de ne savoir pas demeurer en repos, dans une chambre.
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All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone.
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All the knowing ones were consulted as to the issue, and they all agreed, to a man, in one of two opinions: either that Bob would flog Billy, or Billy would flog Bob.
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All things will be produced in superior quantity and quality, and with greater ease, when each man works at a single occupation, in accordance with his natural gifts, and at the right moment, without meddling with anything else.
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All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his.
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An education isn't how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you know. It's being able to differentiate between what you do know and what you don't.
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