Quotes with man-knowledge

Quotes 4321 till 4340 of 5049.

  • E. M. Cioran To exist is equivalent to an act of faith, a protest against the truth, an interminable prayer. As soon as they consent to live, the unbeliever and the man of faith are fundamentally the same, since both have made the only decision that defines a being.
    E. M. Cioran
    French-Romanian philosopher (1911 - 1995)
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  • Benjamin Tucker To force a man to pay for the violation of his own liberty is indeed an addition of insult to injury.
    Benjamin Tucker
    American anarchist and socialist (1854 - 1939)
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  • William Blake To generalize is to be an idiot. To particularize is the alone distinction of merit. General knowledge are those knowledge that idiots possess.
    William Blake
    English poet (1757 - 1827)
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  • Robert A. Heinlein To get anywhere, or even live a long time, a man has to guess, and guess right, over and over again, without enough data for a logical answer.
    Robert A. Heinlein
    American science fiction writer (1907 - 1988)
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  • William Ellery Channing To give a generous hope to a man of his own nature, is to enrich him immeasurably.
    William Ellery Channing
    American Unitarian minister (1780 - 1842)
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  • John Locke To give a man full knowledge of morality, I would send him to no other book than the New Testament.
    John Locke
    English philosopher (1632 - 1704)
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  • Baruch Spinoza To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.
    Baruch Spinoza
    Dutch philosopher (1632 - 1677)
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  • Oscar Wilde To give an accurate description of what has never occurred is not merely the proper occupation of the historian, but the inalienable privilege of any man of parts and culture.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Alan Paton To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as a free man.
    Alan Paton
    South African author and anti-apartheid activist (1903 - 1988)
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  • Horace To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • Margaret Oliphant To have a man who can flirt is next thing to indispensable to a leader of society.
    Margaret Oliphant
    British writer, historian (1828 - 1897)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Oscar Wilde To have the reputation of possessing the most perfect social tact, talk to every woman as if you loved her, and to every man as if he bored you.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Aldous Huxley To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Elvis Presley To judge a man by his weakest link or deed is like judging the power of the ocean by one wave.
    Source: Aantekening op zijn bijbel
    Elvis Presley
    American singer, musician, and actor (1935 - 1977)
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  • Charles Caleb Colton To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports; when we succeed; it betrays us.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Cardinal De Richelieu To know how to disguise is the knowledge of kings.
    Cardinal De Richelieu
    French clergyman and nobleman (1585 - 1642)
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  • Confucius To know is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Henry David Thoreau To know that we know what we know, and that we do not know what we do not know, that is true knowledge.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • George W. Truett To know the will of God is the greatest knowledge! To do the will of God is the greatest achievement.
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