Quotes 441 till 460 of 5500.
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A cosmic philosophy is not constructed to fit a man; a cosmic philosophy is constructed to fit a cosmos. A man can no more possess a private religion than he can possess a private sun and moon.
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A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.
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A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.
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A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
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A criminal becomes a popular figure because he unburdens in no small degree the consciences of his fellow man, for now they know once more where evil is to be found.
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A cynic is a man who looks at the world with a monocle in his mind's eye.
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A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
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A desire to be observed, considered, esteemed, praised, beloved, and admired by his fellows is one of the earliest as well as the keenest dispositions discovered in the heart of man.
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A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.
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A doctor's reputation is made by the number of eminent men who die under his care.
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A doctrinaire is a fool but an honest man.
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A doubtful friend is worse than a certain enemy. Let a man be one thing or the other, and we then know how to meet him.
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A dramatist is one who believes that the pure event, an action involving human beings, is more arresting than any comment that can be made upon it.
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A drunkard is one thing, and a temperate man is quite another.
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A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in on the experience.
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A fanatic is a man that does what he thinks the Lord would do if He knew the facts of the case.
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A fanatic is a man who consciously over compensates a secret doubt.
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A fat man is never so happy as when he is describing himself as "robust".
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A feeling that was possibly generated by experiences in my previous work on cosmic rays; more likely it was inborn and was the reason why, as a young man, I went into the field of cosmic rays.
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