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  • Buddha The foolish man conceives the idea of 'self.' The wise man sees there is no ground on which to build the idea of 'self;' thus, he has a right conception of the world and well concludes that all compounds amassed by sorrow will be dissolved again, but the truth will remain.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • J. Robert Oppenheimer The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance; The wise grows it under his feet.
    J. Robert Oppenheimer
    American theoretical physicist and professor of physics (1904 - 1967)
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  • Franklin D. Roosevelt The forgotten man at the bottom of the economic pyramid.
    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    American statesman (1882 - 1945)
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  • Leon Blum The free man is he who does not fear to go to the end of his thought.
    Leon Blum
    French politician
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  • Barbara Deming The free man must be born before freedom can be won, and the brotherly man must be born before full brotherhood can be won. It will come into being only if we build it out of our very muscle and bone - by trying to act it out.
    Two essays: On anger, New men, new women : some thoughts on nonviolence
    Barbara Deming
    American feminist and advocate (0 - 1984)
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  • Robert Benchley The free-lance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps.
    Robert Benchley
    American humorist, criticus (1889 - 1945)
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  • George Borrow The Germans are the most philosophic people in the world, and the greatest smokers: now I trace their philosophy to their smoking. Smoking has a sedative effect upon the nerves, and enables a man to bear the sorrows of this life (of which every one has his share) not only decently, but dignifiedly.
    George Borrow
    English writer of novels and travel books (1803 - 1881)
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  • Russell Baker The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.
    Russell Baker
    American journalist (1925 - )
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  • Jose Ortega Y Gasset The good is, like nature, an immense landscape in which man advances through centuries of exploration.
    Jose Ortega Y Gasset
    Spanish writer and philosopher (1883 - 1955)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson The good lawyer is not the man who has an eye to every side and angle of contingency, and qualifies all his qualifications, but who throws himself on your part so heartily, that he can get you out of a scrape.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Mahatma Gandhi The good man is the friend of all living things.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • John Dewey The good man is the man who, no matter how morally unworthy he has been, is moving to become better.
    John Dewey
    American philosopher (1859 - 1952)
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  • Brendan Gleeson The good thing about my part in 'Harry Potter' was that I was pretty well disguised. When I was walking down the street, there was no real recognition factor. Parents would sometimes call their children to come say hello to Mad-Eye, and the kids wouldn't know what they were looking at.
    Brendan Gleeson
    Irish actor and film director (1955 - )
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  • Woody Allen The government is unresponsive to the needs of the little man. Under 5'7", it is impossible to get your congressman on the phone.
    Woody Allen
    American movie director and actor (1935 - )
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  • Benjamin Whichcote The government of man should be the monarchy of reason: it is too often the democracy of passions or the anarchy of humors.
    Benjamin Whichcote
    British philosopher (1609 - 1683)
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  • Thomas J. Watson The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.
    Thomas J. Watson
    American Businessman, Founder of IBM (1874 - 1956)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne The great and glorious masterpiece of man is how to live with purpose.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Stendhal The great majority of men, especially in France, both desire and possess a fashionable woman, much in the way one might own a fine horse - as a luxury befitting a young man.
    Stendhal
    French writer (ps. of Marie Henri Beyle) (1783 - 1842)
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  • Friedrich Nietzsche The great man fights the elements in his time that hinder his own greatness, in other words his own freedom and sincerity.
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    German poet and philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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  • Kahlil Gibran The great man has two hearts - one bleeds, the second one endures.
    Sand and Foam (1926)
    Kahlil Gibran
    Libian painter and writer (1883 - 1931)
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