Quotes with men-intellectuals

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  • David Grayson Happiness... she loves, to see men at work. She loves sweat, weariness, self sacrifice. She will be found not in places but lurking in cornfields and factories; and hovering over littered desks; she crowns the unconscious head of the busy child.
    David Grayson
    American journalist, historian and author, pen name of Ray Baker (1870 - 1946)
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  • Bret Harte Hark! I hear the tramp of thousands, And of armed men the hum; Lo, a nation's hosts have gathered Round the quick alarming drum — Saying, Come Freemen, Come! Ere your heritage be wasted, Said the quick alarming drum.
    Bret Harte
    American short story writer and poet (1836 - 1902)
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  • Bertrand Russell Hatred of enemies is easier and more intense than love of friends. But from men who are more anxious to injure opponents than to benefit the world at large no great good is to be expected.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • John Aubrey He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no more than other men.
    John Aubrey
    English antiquary, natural philosopher and writer (1626 - 1697)
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  • Thomas à Kempis He has great tranquillity of heart who cares neither for the praises nor the fault-finding of men.
    Thomas à Kempis
    Dutch medieval Augustinian canon, writer and mystic (1380 - 1471)
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  • Percy Bysshe Shelley He has outsoared the shadow of our night; envy and calumny and hate and pain, and that unrest which men miscall delight, can touch him not and torture not again; from the contagion of the world's slow stain, he is secure.
    Percy Bysshe Shelley
    English poet (1792 - 1822)
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  • Molière He must have killed a lot of men to have made so much money.
    Molière
    French playwright (ps. by J. B. Poquelin) (1622 - 1673)
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  • Bayard Taylor He teaches best, Who feels the hearts of all men in his breast, And knows their strength or weakness through his own.
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • Sir Walter Raleigh He that doth not as other men do, but endeavoureth that which ought to be done, shall thereby rather incur peril than preservation; for who so laboreth to be sincerely perfect and good shall necessarily perish, living among men that are generally evil.
    Sir Walter Raleigh
    British courtier, writer (1552 - 1618)
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  • Charles Caleb Colton He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not write a very profound lecture on other men's heads.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • William Shakespeare He thinks too much: such men are dangerous.
    Julius Caesar (1599)
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Charles Kingsley He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them.
    Charles Kingsley
    British writer (1819 - 1875)
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  • Lao-Tzu He who gains a victory over other men is strong; but he who gains a victory over himself is all powerful.
    Lao-Tzu
    Chinese philosopher (600 - 550)
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  • John Morley He who hates vice hates men.
    John Morley
    British journalist, statesman (1838 - 1923)
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  • Ernest Renan He whom God has touched will always be a being apart: he is, whatever he may do, a stranger among men; he is marked by a sign.
    Ernest Renan
    French writer and critic (1823 - 1892)
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  • David Hume Heaven and Hell suppose two distinct species of men,
    the Good and the Bad. But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue.
    David Hume
    Scottish Philosopher, Historian (1711 - 1776)
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  • Sophocles Heaven never helps the men who will not act.
    Sophocles
    Greek poet (496 - 406)
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  • George Bernard Shaw Hell is paved with good intentions, not with bad ones. All men mean well.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • A. E. Housman Here dead lie we because we did not choose to live and shame the land from which we sprung. Life, to be sure, is nothing much to lose; but young men think it is, and we were young.
    A. E. Housman
    British poet (1859 - 1936)
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  • Dwight D. Eisenhower Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.
    Dwight D. Eisenhower
    American president (1890 - 1969)
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