Quotes with plains-man

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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson When the eyes say one thing, and the tongue another, a practiced man relies on the language of the first.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Robert Browning When the fight begins within himself, a man's worth something.
    Robert Browning
    English poet (1812 - 1889)
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  • Bertrand Russell When the intensity of emotional conviction subsides, a man who is in the habit of reasoning will search for logical grounds in favor of the belief which he finds in himself.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Anthony Holden When the magistrate says 'That's not a good enough reason my man.' He said 'Excuse me, could I ask you? Have you taken an oath of allegiance to the Monarch?'.
    Anthony Holden
    English writer, broadcaster and critic
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  • Franklin Pierce Adams When the political columnists say 'Every thinking man' they mean themselves, and when candidates appeal to 'Every intelligent voter' they mean everybody who is going to vote for them.
    Franklin Pierce Adams
    American columnist, well known by his initials F.P.A., and wit (1881 - 1960)
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  • Samuel Butler When the righteous man truth away from his righteousness that he hath committed and doeth that which is neither quite lawful nor quite right, he will generally be found to have gained in amiability what he has lost in holiness.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Marcus Aurelius When thou art above measure angry, bethink thee how momentary is man's life.
    Marcus Aurelius
    Roman emperor (121 - 180)
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  • George Macdonald When tomorrow's burden is added to the burden of today than the weight is more than a man can bear.
    George Macdonald
    Scottish writer (1824 - 1905)
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  • Thomas Carlyle When we can drain the Ocean into mill-ponds, and bottle up the Force of Gravity, to be sold by retail, in gas jars; then may we hope to comprehend the infinitudes of man's soul under formulas of Profit and Loss; and rule over this too, as over a patent engine, by checks, and valves, and balances.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Johann Wolfgang von Goethe When we treat man as he is, we make him worse than he is; when we treat him as if he already were what he potentially could be, we make him what he should be.
    Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Ernest Becker When we understand that man is the only animal who must create meaning, who must open a wedge into neutral nature, we already understand the essence of love. Love is the problem of an animal who must find life, create a dialogue with nature in order to experience his own being.
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  • Henry Fielding When widows exclaim loudly against second marriages, I would always lay a wager than the man, If not the wedding day, is absolutely fixed on.
    Henry Fielding
    English writer (1707 - 1754)
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  • Barbara Taylor Bradford When you are a strong woman, you will attract trouble. When a man feels threatened, there is always trouble.
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  • Carter G. Woodson When you control a man's thinking you do not have to worry about his actions.
    Carter G. Woodson
    American historian, author and journalist (1875 - 1950)
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  • Winston Churchill When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Russell Hoban When you suffer an attack of nerves you're being attacked by the nervous system. What chance has a man got against a system?
    Russell Hoban
    American writer (1925 - 2011)
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  • C. P. Snow When you think of the long and gloomy history of man, you will find that far more, and far more hideous, crimes have been committed in the name of obedience than have ever been committed in the name of rebellion.
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    C. P. Snow
    English novelist (1905 - 1980)
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  • Ann Coulter When you try to figure out what the religious right is, it ultimately comes down either to one man, Pat Robertson, or anyone who believes in a higher being and wants their taxes cut.
    Ann Coulter
    American far-right media pundit and author (1961 - )
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  • Charles Dickens When you're a married man, Samivel, you'll understand a good many things as you don't understand now; but whether it's worth while, going through so much, to learn so little, as the charity-boy said when he got to the end of the alphabet, is a matter o taste.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Joseph Rudyard Kipling When you're wounded and left on Afghanistan's plains, and the women come out to cut up what remains, jest roll to your rifle and blow out your brains and go to your gawd like a soldier.
    Joseph Rudyard Kipling
    English writer (1865 - 1936)
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