Quotes with plains-man

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  • James Russell Lowell The surest plan to make a man is, think him so.
    James Russell Lowell
    American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819 - 1891)
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  • Robert Benchley The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
    Robert Benchley
    American humorist, criticus (1889 - 1945)
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  • Napoleon The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.
    Napoleon
    French Emperor (1769 - 1821)
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  • George Bernard Shaw The surest way to ruin a man who doesn't know how to handle money is to give him some.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Bob Wells The tendency of old age to the body, say the physiologists, is to form bone. It is as rare as it is pleasant to meet with an old man whose opinions are not ossified.
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  • Arthur Young The tendency of philosophers who know nothing of machinery is to talk of man as a mere mechanism, intending by this to imply that he is without purpose. This shows a lack of understanding of machines as well as of man.
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  • Helen Rowland The tenderest spot in a man's make-up is sometimes the bald spot on top of his head.
    Helen Rowland
    American journalist (1875 - 1950)
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  • E. B. White The terror of the atom age is not the violence of the new power but the speed of man's adjustment to it - the speed of his acceptance.
    E. B. White
    American writer (1899 - 1985)
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  • George Bernard Shaw The test of a man or woman's breeding is how they behave in a quarrel.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Henry Ward Beecher The test of Christian character should be that a man is a joy-bearing agent to the world.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel The test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man that it forms.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • Marguerite Duras The thing that's between us is fascination, and the fascination resides in our being alike. Whether you're a man or a woman, the fascination resides in finding out that we're alike.
    Marguerite Duras
    French author and filmmaker (1914 - 1996)
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  • Abraham Lincoln The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Augusto Roa Bastos The things that have come into being change continually. The man with a good memory remembers nothing because he forgets nothing.
    Augusto Roa Bastos
    Paraguayan novelist and writer (1917 - 2005)
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  • Jean-Jacques Rousseau The thirst after happiness is never extinguished in the heart of man.
    Jean-Jacques Rousseau
    French writer and philosopher (1712 - 1778)
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  • Samuel Butler The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Abraham Lincoln The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Publilius Syrus The timid man calls himself cautious, the sordid man thrifty.
    Publilius Syrus
    Syrian poet (85 - 43)
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  • Aneurin Bevan The Tories, every election, must have a bogy man. If you haven't got a programme, a bogy man will do.
    Aneurin Bevan
    British Labor politician (1897 - 1960)
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  • Bobby Jones The toughest opponent of all is Old Man Par. He's a patient soul who never shoots a birdie and never incurs a bogey. And if you would travel the long road with him, you must be patient, too.
    Bobby Jones
    American golfer (1902 - 1971)
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