Quotes with might-have-been

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  • G. C. Lichtenberg Man is a gregarious animal and much more so in his mind than in his body. A golden rule; judge men not by their opinions but by what their opinions have made of them.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Augusto Roa Bastos Man is an idiot. He doesn't know how to do anything without copying, without imitating, without plagiarizing, without aping. It might even have been that man invented generation by coitus after seeing the grasshopper copulate.
    Augusto Roa Bastos
    Paraguayan novelist and writer (1917 - 2005)
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  • William Hazlitt Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they might of been.
    William Hazlitt
    English writer (1778 - 1830)
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  • Marquis de Sade Man's natural character is to imitate; that of the sensitive man is to resemble as closely as possible the person whom he loves. It is only by imitating the vices of others that I have earned my misfortunes.
    Marquis de Sade
    French aristocrat, writer, politician and philosopher (1740 - 1814)
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  • Louis Armstrong Man, if you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know!
    Louis Armstrong
    American trumpeter, composer and singer (1901 - 1971)
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  • Lewis Lehr Management that is destructively critical when mistakes are made kills initiative and it's essential that we have many people with initiative if we're to continue to grow.
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  • Bobby Scott Mandatory minimums have been shown to be discriminatory and waste the taxpayers' money.
    Bobby Scott
    American politician (1947 - )
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  • Lao-Tzu Manifest plainness, embrace simplicity, reduce selfishness, have few desires.
    Lao-Tzu
    Chinese philosopher (600 - 550)
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  • Adam Ferguson Mankind have always wandered or settled, agreed or quarrelled, in troops and companies.
    An Essay on the History of Civil Society I, III
    Adam Ferguson
    Scottish philosopher and historian (1723 - 1816)
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  • Emily Post Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.
    Emily Post
    American writer about etiquette (1872 - 1960)
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  • Maurice Chevalier Many a man has fallen in love with a girl in light so dim he would not have chosen a suit by it.
    Maurice Chevalier
    French actor and comedian (1888 - 1972)
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  • Orison Swett Marden Many a man has finally succeeded only because he has failed after repeated efforts. If he had never met defeat he would never have known any great victory.
    Orison Swett Marden
    American inspirational author (1848 - 1924)
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  • Robertson Davies Many a promising career has been wrecked by marrying the wrong sort of woman. The right sort of woman can distinguish between Creative Lassitude and plain shiftlessness.
    Robertson Davies
    Canadian novelist and journalist (1913 - 1995)
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  • Mark Twain Many a small thing has been made large by the right kind of advertising.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Terence Many a time from a bad beginning great friendships have sprung up.
    Terence
    Roman writer of comedies (190 - 159)
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  • Walter Lippmann Many a time I have wanted to stop talking and find out what I really believed.
    Walter Lippmann
    American writer, reporter, and political commentator (1889 - 1974)
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  • Blanche Lincoln Many Americans are unaware that we still have a large population of working families, elderly, and children who rely on emergency food pantries, shelters, and other resources to meet their nutritional needs.
    Blanche Lincoln
    American politician and lawyer (1960 - )
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  • Albert Bushnell Hart Many attempts had been made by colonial legislatures to cut off or to tax the importation of slaves.
    Albert Bushnell Hart
    American historian, writer, and editor (1854 - 1943)
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  • Winston Churchill Many forms of Government have been tried, and will be tried in this world of sin and woe. No one pretends that democracy is perfect or all-wise. Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of Government except all those others that have been tried from time to time.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Thornton Wilder Many great writers have been extraordinarily awkward in daily exchange, but the greatest give the impression that their style was nursed by the closest attention to colloquial speech.
    Thornton Wilder
    American writer and playwright (1897 - 1975)
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