Quotes 221 till 240 of 10005.
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A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck.
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A man's what he thinks about all day long
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A miser grows rich by seeming poor. An extravagant man grows poor by seeming rich.
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A really great man is known by three signs... generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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A shoe that is too large is apt to trip one, and when too small, to pinch the feet. So it is with those whose fortune does not suit them.
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A snake is afraid of a mongoes, a mongoes is afraid of a dog, a dog is
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A tragic situation exists precisely when virtue does not triumph but when it is still felt that man is nobler than the forces which destroy him.
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A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
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A wise man does not waste so good a commodity as lying for naught.
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A wise man is he who does not grieve for the thing which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
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A woman simply is, but a man must become. Masculinity is risky and elusive. It is achieved by a revolt from woman, and it is confirmed only by other men. Manhood coerced into sensitivity is no manhood at all.
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Abraham Lincoln was not all brooding and melancholy and patient understanding. There was a hard core in him, and plenty of toughness. He could recognize a revolutionary situation when he saw one, and he could act fast and ruthlessly to meet it.
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Adversities do not make a man frail. They show what sort of man he is.
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Adversity has the same effect on a man that severe training has on the pugilist - it reduces him to his fighting weight.
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Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.
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Advocates of capitalism are very apt to appeal to the sacred principles of liberty, which are embodied in one maxim: The fortunate must not be restrained in the exercise of tyranny over the unfortunate.
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Affection, like melancholy, magnifies trifles; but the magnifying of the one is like looking through a telescope at heavenly objects; that of the other, like enlarging monsters with a microscope.
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Aficionados of Slow design and Slow fashion use ethical and green materials to make objects - furniture, clothes, jewellery - that lift the spirit and last a lifetime rather than one catwalk season.
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