Quotes with plains-man

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  • Robert Frost A champion of the working man has never yet been known to die of overwork.
    Robert Frost
    American poet (1874 - 1963)
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  • Aldous Huxley A child-like man is not a man whose development has been arrested; on the contrary, he is a man who has given himself a chance of continuing to develop long after most adults have muffled themselves in the cocoon of middle-aged habit and convention.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Henry Ward Beecher A Christian is nothing but a sinful man who has put himself to school for Christ for the honest purpose of becoming better.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Arnold J. Toynbee A city that outdistances man's walking powers is a trap for man.
    Arnold J. Toynbee
    British historian and author (1889 - 1975)
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  • Ezra Pound A civilized man is one who will give a serious answer to a serious question. Civilization itself is a certain sane balance of values.
    Ezra Pound
    American poet (1885 - 1972)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg A clever child brought up with a foolish one can itself become foolish. Man is so perfectible and corruptible he can become a fool through good sense.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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  • Anthony Holden A close associate of his gave an interview in which the book was described as quotes 'fiction from being to end'. I suffered trial by tabloid for a couple of weeks, lots of insults in the press, in the columns - this man should be put in the tower and so on.
    Anthony Holden
    English writer, broadcaster and critic
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  • Elbert Hubbard A committee is a thing which takes a week to do what one good man can do in an hour.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • Frank Dane A conservative is a fellow who thinks a rich man should have a square deal.
    Frank Dane
    British actor
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  • Alfred E. Wiggam A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time.
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  • Frank Vanderlip A conservative is a man who does not think that anything should be done for the first time.
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  • Elbert Hubbard A conservative is a man who is too cowardly to fight and too fat to run.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • Walter Bagehot A constitutional statesman is in general a man of common opinions and uncommon abilities.
    Walter Bagehot
    English economist (1826 - 1877)
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  • Joseph Addison A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
    Joseph Addison
    English politician, writer and poet (1672 - 1719)
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton A cosmic philosophy is not constructed to fit a man; a cosmic philosophy is constructed to fit a cosmos. A man can no more possess a private religion than he can possess a private sun and moon.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • Thomas Jefferson A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Euripides A coward turns away, but a brave man's choice is danger.
    Euripides
    Greek tragedian and poet (480 - 406)
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  • Ayn Rand A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.
    Ayn Rand
    Russian Writer, Philosopher (1905 - 1982)
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  • Carl Gustav Jung A criminal becomes a popular figure because he unburdens in no small degree the consciences of his fellow man, for now they know once more where evil is to be found.
    Carl Gustav Jung
    Swiss psychiatrist (1875 - 1961)
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  • Channing Pollock A critic is a legless man who teaches running.
    Channing Pollock
    American actor (1880 - 1946)
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