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A man should first direct himself in the way he should go. Only then should he instruct others.
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A man that is born falls into a dream like a man who falls into the sea. If he tries to climb out into the air as inexperienced people endeavor to do, he drowns.
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A man's delight in looking forward to and hoping for some particular satisfaction is a part of the pleasure flowing out of it, enjoyed in advance. But this is afterward deducted, for the more we look forward to anything the less we enjoy it when it comes.
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A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.
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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.
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A moment comes, which comes but rarely in history, when we step out from the old to the new, when an age ends, and when the soul of a nation, long suppressed, finds utterance.
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A moustache to a man is the same as a fringe is to a woman. When you've got it, you want to grow it out; when you've grown it out, you want to cut it.
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A movie and a stage show are two entirely different things. A picture, you can do anything you want. Change it, cut out a scene, put in a scene, take a scene out. They don't do that on stage.
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A new father quickly learns that his child invariably comes to the bathroom at precisely the times when he's in there, as if he needed company. The only way for this father to be certain of bathroom privacy is to shave at the gas station.
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A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.
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A number of current theoretical explorations will turn out to be passing fancies...
Inward Bound : Of Matter and Forces in the Physical World (1988) p. 45 -
A particular shot or way of moving the ball can be a player's personal signature, but efficiency of performance is what wins the game for the team.
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A person is never happy till their vague strivings has itself marked out its proper limitations.
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A person who has been punished is not less inclined to behave in a given way; at best, he learns how to avoid punishment.
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A person without a shadow should keep out of the sun, that is the only safe and rational plan.
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A playwright lives in an occupied country. And if you can't live that way you don't stay.
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A political organization is a transferable commodity. You could not find a better way of killing virtue than by packing it into one of these contraptions which some gang of thieves is sure to find useful.
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A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.
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