Quotes with one-man

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  • Eric Hoffer A great man's greatest good luck is to die at the right time.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Seneca A happy life is one which is in accordance with its own nature.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes longer.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Georges Bataille A judgment about life has no meaning except the truth of the one who speaks last, and the mind is at ease only at the moment when everyone is shouting at once and no one can hear a thing.
    Georges Bataille
    French writer and critic (1897 - 1962)
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  • John Updike A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so foolish, hence the erratic quality of leadership in the world.
    John Updike
    American writer and criticus (1932 - 2009)
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  • Molière A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant one.
    Molière
    French playwright (ps. by J. B. Poquelin) (1622 - 1673)
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  • George Jean Nathan A life spent in constant labor is a life wasted, save a man be such a fool as to regard a fulsome obituary notice as ample reward.
    George Jean Nathan
    American criticus (1882 - 1958)
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  • Elizabeth Gaskell A little credulity helps one on through life very smoothly.
    Elizabeth Gaskell
    British writer (1810 - 1865)
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  • Ferdinand Foch A lost battle is a battle one thinks one has lost.
    Ferdinand Foch
    French general and Marshal of France, Great Britain and Poland (1851 - 1929)
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  • Burning Spear A lot of things encouraged me to start my label. I think it's very important for an artist to know how many records they've sold and where they've sold. I know that I have never been treated the way I'm supposed to be treated - like an artist. That's why I do things for myself. I feel like I'm a free man.
    Burning Spear
    Jamaican reggae singer-songwriter, vocalist and musician (1945 - )
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  • John Pierpont Morgan A man always has two reasons for doing anything - a good reason and the real reason.
    John Pierpont Morgan
    American banker, financer, art collector (1837 - 1913)
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  • Ernest Hemingway A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
    Ernest Hemingway
    American writer (1899 - 1961)
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  • C. S. Lewis A man can no more diminish God's glory by refusing to worship Him than a lunatic can put out the sun by scribbling the word, 'darkness' on the walls of his cell.
    Source: The problem of pain p. 41
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Mark Twain A man cannot be made comfortable without his own approval.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Robin George Collingwood A man ceases to be a beginner in any given science and becomes a master in that science when he has learned that he is going to be a beginner all his life.
    Robin George Collingwood
    English philosopher, historian and archaeologist (1889 - 1943)
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  • Alexander Smith A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity.
    Alexander Smith
    Scottish Poet, Author (1829 - 1867)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson A man finds room in the few square inches of the face for the traits of all his ancestors; for the expression of all his history, and his wants.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Jan Christian Smuts A man is not defeated by his opponents but by himself.
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  • Henry David Thoreau A man is rich in proportion to the number of things he can afford to let alone.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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