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A man with a surplus can control circumstances, but a man without a surplus is controlled by them, and often has no opportunity to exercise judgment.
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A man's conscience, like a warning line on the highway, tells him what he shouldn't do - but it does not keep him from doing it.
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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 desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world.
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A man's feet should be planted in his country, but his eyes should survey the world.
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A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.
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A man's labor is not only his capital but his life. When it passes it returns never more. To utilize it, to prevent its wasteful squandering, to enable the poor man to bank it up for use hereafter, this surely is one of the most urgent tasks before civilization.
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A man's mother is his misfortune, but his wife is his fault.
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A marriage is no amusement but a solemn act, and generally a sad one.
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A mathematical proof is beautiful, but when you're finished, it's really only about one thing. A story can be about many things.
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A memorandum is not written to inform the reader, but to protect the writer.
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A mere literary man is a dull man; a man who is solely a man of business is a selfish man; but when literature and commerce are united, they make a respectable man.
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A mighty pain to love it is,
And 't is a pain that pain to miss;
But of all pains, the greatest pain
It is to love, but love in vain.Source: From Anacreon, vii. Gold; reported in Bartletts Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919). -
A misery is not to be measure from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer.
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A mistress never is nor can be a friend. While you agree, you are lovers; and when it is over, anything but friends.
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A mistress should be like a little country retreat near the town, not to dwell in constantly, but only for a night and away.
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A molcajete is a stone mortar and pestle from Mexico. They're great for grinding spices and making salsa and guacamole because they give everything a nice coarse and rustic feel. I've never collected anything, but I think I might start collecting these because each one is decorated differently.
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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 monarchy is a merchantman which sails well, but will sometimes strike on a rock, and go to the bottom; a republic is a raft which will never sink, but then your feet are always in the water.
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A mother is not a person to lean on but person to make leaning unnecessary.
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