Quotes with man-eating

Quotes 3141 till 3160 of 4603.

  • Adam Ferguson The attainments of the parent do not descend in the blood of his children, nor is the progress of man to be considered as a physical mutation of the species.
    An Essay on the History of Civil Society I,I
    Adam Ferguson
    Scottish philosopher and historian (1723 - 1816)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken The average man does not get pleasure out of an idea because he thinks it is true; he thinks it is true because he gets pleasure out of it.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Anatole France The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.
    Anatole France
    French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1921) (1844 - 1924)
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  • Bern Williams The average man will bristle if you say his father was dishonest, but he will brag a little if he discovers that his great-grandfather was a pirate.
    Bern Williams
    English philosopher
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  • Edgar W. Howe The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.
    Edgar W. Howe
    American journalist and writer (1853 - 1937)
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  • A. E. Housman The average man, if he meddles with criticism at all, is a conservative critic.
    A. E. Housman
    British poet (1859 - 1936)
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  • Alexander Chase The banalities of a great man pass for wit.
    Alexander Chase
    American journalist and editor (1926 - )
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  • Aristotle The beauty of the soul shines out when a man bears with composure one heavy mischance after another, not because he does not feel them, but because he is a man of high and heroic temper.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Susan Sontag The becoming of man is the history of the exhaustion of his possibilities.
    Susan Sontag
    American writer, filmmaker, teacher, and political activist (1933 - 2004)
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  • William James The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man who deserves one.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • George Eliot The best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe The best fortune that can fall to a man is that which corrects his defects and makes up for his failings.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Arthur C. Clarke The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.
    Arthur C. Clarke
    British science fiction writer, science writer and futurist (1917 - 2008)
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  • William Wordsworth The best portion of a good man's life, his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.
    William Wordsworth
    English poet (1770 - 1850)
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  • Abraham H. Maslow The best product should be bought, the best man should be rewarded more. Interfering factors which befuddle this triumph of virtue, justice, truth, and efficiency, etc., should be kept to an absolute minimum or should approach zero as a limit.
    Eupsychian Management : A Journal (1965) p. 212
    Abraham H. Maslow
    American psychologist (1908 - 1970)
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  • Sir William Temple The best rules to form a young man, are, to talk little, to hear much, to reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own opinions, and value others that deserve it.
    Sir William Temple
    British Diplomat, Essayist (1628 - 1699)
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  • Mae West The best way to hold a man is in your arms.
    Mae West
    American actress (1893 - 1980)
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  • Peter F. Drucker The better a man is the more mistakes he will make for the more things he will try.
    Peter F. Drucker
    American management consultant and writer (1909 - 2005)
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  • Billy Graham The Bible is clear - God's definition of marriage is between a man and a woman.
    Billy Graham
    American Evangelist (1918 - 2018)
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  • I. F. Stone The biggest difference between ancient Rome and the USA is that in Rome the common man was treated like a dog. In America he sets the tone. This is the first country where the common man could stand erect.
    I. F. Stone
    American journalist and writer (1907 - 1989)
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