Quotes 3161 till 3180 of 4652.
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The anger that appears to be building up between the sexes becomes more virulent with every day that passes. And far from women taking the blame... the fact is that men are invariably portrayed as the bad guys. Being a good man is like being a good Nazi.
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The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics and of how to apply them; Man, with his powers of reason, has reduced economics to the level of a farce which is at once funnier and more tragic than Tobacco Road.
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The aphorism as a man thinketh in his heart so is he contains the secret of life.
Striking Thoughts (2000) p. 4; Lee here quotes Proverbs 23:7 As he thinketh -
The approach of liberty makes even an old man brave.
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The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely applies the rules which others have detected.
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The assumption must be that those who can see value only in tradition, or versions of it, deny man's ability to adapt to changing circumstances.
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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 -
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.
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The average man does not know what to do with this life, yet wants another one which will last forever.
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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.
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The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.
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The average man, if he meddles with criticism at all, is a conservative critic.
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The banalities of a great man pass for wit.
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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.
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The becoming of man is the history of the exhaustion of his possibilities.
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The best argument I know for an immortal life is the existence of a man who deserves one.
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The best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world.
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The best fashion show is definitely on the street. Always has been, and always will be.
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The best fortune that can fall to a man is that which corrects his defects and makes up for his failings.
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