Quotes with not-self

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  • C. S. Forester A man who writes for a living does not have to go anywhere in particular, and he could rarely afford to if he wanted.
    C. S. Forester
    English novelist (1899 - 1966)
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  • Lucius Accius A man whose life has been dishonourable is not entitled to escape disgrace in death.
    Lucius Accius
    Roman tragic poet and literary (170 - 86)
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  • Simone Weil A man whose mind feels that it is captive would prefer to blind himself to the fact. But if he hates falsehood, he will not do so; and in that case he will have to suffer a lot. He will beat his head against the wall until he faints. He will come to again
    Simone Weil
    French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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  • Ludwig Wittgenstein A man will be imprisoned in a room with a door that's unlocked and opens inwards; as long as it does not occur to him to pull rather than push.
    Ludwig Wittgenstein
    Austrian - English philosopher (1889 - 1951)
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  • George Gurdjieff A man will renounce any pleasures you like but he will not give up his suffering.
    George Gurdjieff
    Russian teacher and writer (1873 - 1949)
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  • Frank A. Clark A man's conscience, like a warning line on the highway, tells him what he shouldn't do - but it does not keep him from doing it.
    Frank A. Clark
    American politician
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  • Helen Rowland A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world.
    Helen Rowland
    American journalist (1875 - 1950)
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  • Ruth Benedict A man's indebtedness is not virtue; his repayment is. Virtue begins when he dedicates himself actively to the job of gratitude.
    Ruth Benedict
    American anthropologist and folklorist (1887 - 1948)
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  • William Booth A man's labor is not only his capital but his life. When it passes it returns never more. To utilize it, to prevent its wasteful squandering, to enable the poor man to bank it up for use hereafter, this surely is one of the most urgent tasks before civilization.
    William Booth
    English Methodist preacher (1829 - 1912)
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  • R. F. Hallock A man's possessions are just as large as his own soul. If this title-deeds cover more, the surplus acres own him, not he the acres.
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  • Oscar Wilde A map of the world that does not include Utopia is not worth even glancing at.
    The Soul of Man Under Socialism (1895)
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Henrik Ibsen A marriage based on full confidence, based on complete and unqualified frankness on both sides; they are not keeping anything back; there's no deception underneath it all. If I might so put it, it's an agreement for the mutual forgiveness of sin.
    Henrik Ibsen
    Norwegian dramatist (1828 - 1906)
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  • Bjornstjerne Bjornson A meaningful life - this is what we look for in art, in its smallest dewdrops as in its unleashing of the tempest. We are at peace when we have found it and uneasy when we have not.
    Bjornstjerne Bjornson
    Norwegian writer (1832 - 1910)
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  • Aaron Copland A melody is not merely something you can hum.
    Aaron Copland
    American composer and writer (1900 - 1990)
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  • Dean Acheson A memorandum is not written to inform the reader, but to protect the writer.
    Dean Acheson
    American statesman and lawyer. (1893 - 1971)
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  • Wayne Dyer A mind at peace, a mind centered and not focused on harming others, is stronger than any physical force in the universe.
    Wayne Dyer
    American philosopher, self-help author, and a motivational speaker. (1940 - 2015)
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  • Joseph Addison A misery is not to be measure from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer.
    Joseph Addison
    English politician, writer and poet (1672 - 1719)
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  • Bryant H. McGill A mistake made by many people with great convictions is that they will let nothing stand in the way of their views, not even kindness.
    Bryant H. McGill
    American journalist and author (1969 - )
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  • William Wycherley A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away.
    William Wycherley
    British drama writer (1640 - 1715)
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  • Abbie Hoffman A modern revolutionary group heads for the television station, not the factory. It concentrates its energy on infiltrating and changing the image system.
    Soon to be a Major Motion Picture (1980)
    Abbie Hoffman
    American political and social activist (1936 - 1989)
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