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Short Memorable Quotes About Man

Welcome to our collection of quotes about a man. Not any specific man... quotes about a man generally. This collection is all short quotes. We hope you enjoy them, and please share.

Quote: Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve. by author Napoleon Hill overlaid on photo of man in orange jacket and black pants doing snow ski during daytime
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Whatever the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.


Quote: A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him. by author David Brinkley overlaid on photo of group of people sitting on white sand during daytime
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A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.


Quote: Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore. by author Andre Gide overlaid on photo of orange moon during nighttime
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Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore.


Quote: Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health. by author Carl Jung overlaid on photo of two women sitting on wooden dock over body of water
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Man needs difficulties; they are necessary for health.


Quote: A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money. by author W. C. Fields overlaid on photo of photo of author W. C. Fields with quote

A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.


Quote: Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. by author Augustine of Hippo overlaid on photo of photo of author Augustine of Hippo with quote

Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible.


Quote: A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself. by author Michel de Montaigne overlaid on photo of white pampas grasses near body of water at daytime
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A wise man never loses anything, if he has himself.


Quote: The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy. by author Martin Luther King Jr.  overlaid on photo of yellow and red color textile
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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.


Quote: Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast. by author Marlene Dietrich overlaid on photo of black and white window illustration
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Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast.


Quote: The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men. by author Lyndon B. Johnson overlaid on photo of woman in black sports bra and black leggings
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The vote is the most powerful instrument ever devised by man for breaking down injustice and destroying the terrible walls which imprison men because they are different from other men.


Quote: There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage. by author Seneca the Younger overlaid on photo of woman in blue denim jacket with red rose on ear
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There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.


Quote: It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it. by author Seneca the Younger overlaid on photo of withered tree surrounded with snow during daytime
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It is more fitting for a man to laugh at life than to lament over it.


Quote: Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself. by author George Bernard Shaw overlaid on photo of short-beak red bird on tree
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Beware of the man who does not return your blow: he neither forgives you nor allows you to forgive yourself.


Quote: If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience. by author George Bernard Shaw overlaid on photo of person in blue denim jeans and brown leather boots
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If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.


Quote: The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way. by author Dale Carnegie overlaid on photo of pink tulip flower
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The successful man will profit from his mistakes and try again in a different way.


Quote: Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened. by author Billy Graham overlaid on photo of person in black long sleeve shirt and black skirt holding white leather belt
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Courage is contagious. When a brave man takes a stand, the spines of others are often stiffened.


Quote: Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit. by author Bernard Williams overlaid on photo of selective photography of dried leaf
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Man never made any material as resilient as the human spirit.


Quote: A man may learn wisdom even from a foe. by author Aristophanes overlaid on photo of gray road beside a trees
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A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.


Quote: No man's credit is as good as his money. by author John Dewey overlaid on photo of green and white ceramic figurine
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No man's credit is as good as his money.


Quote: The more I see of man, the more I like dogs. by author Madame de Stael overlaid on photo of black dog photography
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The more I see of man, the more I like dogs.


Quote: Every man of courage is a man of his word. by author Pierre Corneille overlaid on photo of brown long coated small dog
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Every man of courage is a man of his word.


Quote: A man is only as good as what he loves. by author Saul Bellow overlaid on photo of person holding yellow petaled flower
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A man is only as good as what he loves.


A successful man is built of 1,000 failures.


Quote: Men argue. Nature acts. by author Voltaire overlaid on photo of sunset
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Men argue. Nature acts.


Quote: Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure. by author Irving Wallace overlaid on photo of selective focus photo of iceberg on large body of water at winter
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Every man can transform the world from one of monotony and drabness to one of excitement and adventure.


Quote: I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing. by author Socrates overlaid on photo of bonfire in forest
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I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.


Quote: Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor. by author Benjamin Disraeli overlaid on photo of brown wooden board
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Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.


Quote: Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one. by author Diogenes overlaid on photo of calm body of water near alp mountains during nighttime
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Wise kings generally have wise counselors; and he must be a wise man himself who is capable of distinguishing one.


Quote: Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need. by author Thomas Aquinas overlaid on photo of white clouds and blue sky
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Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them without hesitation when others are in need.


Quote: Literature and butterflies are the two sweetest passions known to man. by author Vladimir Nabokov overlaid on photo of five assorted butterflies
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Literature and butterflies are the two sweetest passions known to man.


Quote: Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man. by author Victor Hugo overlaid on photo of man holding brown violin
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Hope is the word which God has written on the brow of every man.


Quote: A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool. by author William Shakespeare overlaid on photo of close-up photo of two men shaking hands near beach at sunset
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A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.


Quote: The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship. by author William Blake overlaid on photo of unknown persons standing outdoors
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The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.


Quote: No man is a failure who is enjoying life. by author William Feather overlaid on photo of silhouette of three men falling in line while walking during golden hour
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No man is a failure who is enjoying life.


Quote: A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people. by author Will Rogers overlaid on photo of labrador dog beach wallpaper
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A man only learns in two ways, one by reading, and the other by association with smarter people.


Quote: He was a wise man who invented beer. by author Unknown Author overlaid on photo of pink rose bud closeup photo
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He was a wise man who invented beer.


Quote: Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world. by author Thomas Carlyle overlaid on photo of person in black long sleeve shirt using brown and white rotary phone
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Make yourself an honest man, and then you may be sure there is one less rascal in the world.


Quote: There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming. by author Soren Kierkegaard overlaid on photo of sunset
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There is nothing with which every man is so afraid as getting to know how enormously much he is capable of doing and becoming.


Quote: It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time. by author Samuel Johnson overlaid on photo of silhouette of trees during nighttime
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It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. The act of dying is not of importance, it lasts so short a time.


Quote: The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. by author Samuel Johnson overlaid on photo of pink flower with green stem
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The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.


Quote: The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win. by author Roger Bannister overlaid on photo of person standing on rock formation during daytime
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The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.


Quote: I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself. by author Robert E. Lee overlaid on photo of grey cliff near body of water
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I cannot trust a man to control others who cannot control himself.


Quote: A great man is always willing to be little. by author Ralph Waldo Emerson overlaid on photo of silhouette of person on top of mountain pointing flashlight on sky filled with stars at night time
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A great man is always willing to be little.


Quote: Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons. by author Ralph Waldo Emerson overlaid on photo of shallow focus photography of bee on flower
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Every man has his own courage, and is betrayed because he seeks in himself the courage of other persons.


Quote: Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request. by author Lord Chesterfield overlaid on photo of heart-shaped red and beige pendant
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Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story than grant his request.


Quote: When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace. by author Muhammad Ali overlaid on photo of selective focus photo of woman holding sunflower surrounded by sunflowers
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When you can whip any man in the world, you never know peace.


Quote: A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd. by author Max Lucado overlaid on photo of white ceramic mug with coffee on brown wooden table
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A man who wants to lead the orchestra must turn his back on the crowd.


Quote: Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love. by author Martin Luther King Jr.  overlaid on photo of galaxy wallpaper
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Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love.


Quote: Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal being. It is part of the earth man walks on. It is not man. by author Martin Luther King Jr.  overlaid on photo of tree under blue sky
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Property is intended to serve life, and no matter how much we surround it with rights and respect, it has no personal being. It is part of the earth man walks on. It is not man.


Quote: Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness. by author Martin Luther King Jr.  overlaid on photo of calm body of water near alp mountains during nighttime
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Every man must decide whether he will walk in the light of creative altruism or in the darkness of destructive selfishness.

Longer Version/[Notes]:

Every man must decide whether he will walk in the creative light of altruism or the darkness of destructive selfishness. This is the judgement.


Quote: A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way. by author Mark Twain overlaid on photo of high-angle photography of mountain at sunset
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A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.

Longer Version/[Notes]:

A person that started in to carry a cat home by the tail was getting knowledge that was always going to be useful to him, and warn't ever going to grow dim or doubtful.


Quote: Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. by author Mark Twain overlaid on photo of long exposure photography of trees
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Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society.

Longer Version/[Notes]:

Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society. You cannot depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus. As in the words of Wayne Dyer, when you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change. Sometimes to know with certainty that a particular thing is "true", will actually be the very thing that keeps you from attaining the things you seek to achieve.


Quote: He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing. by author Cicero overlaid on photo of empty brown concrete stairs beside green grass under starry sky long-exposure photography
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He does not seem to me to be a free man who does not sometimes do nothing.


Quote: The good man is the friend of all living things. by author Mahatma Gandhi overlaid on photo of landscape photography of trees
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The good man is the friend of all living things.


Quote: One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team. by author Kareem Abdul-Jabbar overlaid on photo of two women hugging each other
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One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.


Quote: A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. by author Mark Twain overlaid on photo of woman and man holding hands
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A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.

Longer Version/[Notes]:

A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. There is nothing more satisfying than that sense of being completely "at home" in your own skin. When you achieve that as a natural state of "being", then you can finally look beyond yourself and fully contribute all your talents to the world.


Quote: I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility. by author John Ruskin overlaid on photo of sunflower
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I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.


Quote: A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. by author John F. Kennedy overlaid on photo of person wearing TV helmet with remote
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A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on.


Quote: There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience. by author Jean de la Bruyere overlaid on photo of person holding sunflower
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There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.


Quote: Do not underestimate the determination of a quiet man. by author Iain Duncan Smith overlaid on photo of sunset hgihway
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Do not underestimate the determination of a quiet man.


Quote: I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor. by author Henry David Thoreau overlaid on photo of silhouette of trees during nighttime
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I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.


Quote: No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous. by author Henry Brooks Adams overlaid on photo of silhouette of off-road car
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No man means all he says, and yet very few say all they mean, for words are slippery and thought is viscous.


Quote: Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife. by author Groucho Marx overlaid on photo of black pug puppy
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Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.


Quote: Adventure is not outside man; it is within. by author George Eliot overlaid on photo of snow-covered mountain near lake under blue sky
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Adventure is not outside man; it is within.


Quote: Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it. by author Fyodor Dostoevsky overlaid on photo of man in red shirt sitting on white suv during daytime
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Man is fond of counting his troubles, but he does not count his joys. If he counted them up as he ought to, he would see that every lot has enough happiness provided for it.


Quote: Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example. by author François de La Rochefoucauld overlaid on photo of Rialto Bridge, Venice Italy
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Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.




Quote: The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things. by author Epictetus overlaid on photo of people holding shoulders sitting on wall
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The essence of philosophy is that a man should so live that his happiness shall depend as little as possible on external things.


Quote: The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy. by author Dietrich Bonhoeffer overlaid on photo of photo of author Dietrich Bonhoeffer with quote

The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy.


Quote: By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich. by author Democritus overlaid on photo of focus photography of chick on gray ground
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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.


Quote: Man becomes his most creative during war. by author Clint Eastwood overlaid on photo of woman with sword
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Man becomes his most creative during war.


Quote: The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell. by author Confucius overlaid on photo of photo of author Confucius with quote

The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.


Quote: Man is a genius when he is dreaming. by author Akira Kurosawa overlaid on photo of woman hugging other woman while smiling at beach
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Man is a genius when he is dreaming.


Quote: A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others. by author Ayn Rand overlaid on photo of yellow, orange, red, green, and blue abstract painting
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A creative man is motivated by the desire to achieve, not by the desire to beat others.


Quote: The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him. by author Arthur Schopenhauer overlaid on photo of man and woman sitting on dock
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The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him.


Quote: Man is by nature a political animal. by author Aristotle overlaid on photo of three people paddling in canoe
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Man is by nature a political animal.


Quote: The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. by author Aristotle overlaid on photo of woman wearing black and yellow butterfly headband
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The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances.


Quote: My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. by author Aristotle overlaid on photo of close-up photo of two men shaking hands near beach at sunset
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My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.


Quote: The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool. by author Anatole France overlaid on photo of brown and white long coated dog sitting on brown wooden round table
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The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself a fool.


Quote: I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday. by author Abraham Lincoln overlaid on photo of time lapse photography of fire
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I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.


Quote: First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others. by author Amos Bronson Alcott overlaid on photo of blooming yellow sunflower field
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First find the man in yourself if you will inspire manliness in others.


Quote: One man excels in eloquence, another in arms. by author Publius Vergilius Maro overlaid on photo of photo of author Publius Vergilius Maro with quote

One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.


Quote: Every man makes a god of his own desire. by author Publius Vergilius Maro overlaid on photo of photo of author Publius Vergilius Maro with quote

Every man makes a god of his own desire.


Quote: Nothing is so sexy in a man as talent. by author Joan Plowright overlaid on photo of lone tree in grassland
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Nothing is so sexy in a man as talent.


Quote: Man is primarily governed by passion and instinct. by author Muhammed Iqbal overlaid on photo of person holding gray and beige roman numeral alarm clock
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Man is primarily governed by passion and instinct.


Quote: Man should be ever better than he seems. by author Aubrey de Vere overlaid on photo of green leaf in close up photography
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Man should be ever better than he seems.


A gentleman is just a patient wolf.


Quote: No man is a hero in his own country. by author John Monash overlaid on photo of 100 us dollar bill
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No man is a hero in his own country.


Quote: Hazard not your wealth on a poor man's advice. by author Don J. Manuel overlaid on photo of white paint palette with black paint beside ink bottle and paint brush
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Hazard not your wealth on a poor man's advice.


Quote: The average man is not hard to mystify. by author Howard Thurston overlaid on photo of people walking on grey concrete floor during daytime
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The average man is not hard to mystify.


Man is a messenger who forgot the message.


Quote: A man's home is his wife's castle. by author Alexander Chase overlaid on photo of black portable vinyl records
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A man's home is his wife's castle.


Quote: Man knows much more than he understands. by author Alfred Adler overlaid on photo of man smiling while facing other person
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Man knows much more than he understands.


Quote: The truthful man is usually a liar. by author Alfred Nobel overlaid on photo of green-leafed trees during daytime
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The truthful man is usually a liar.


Quote: A man's measure is his will. by author Ali ibn Abi Talib overlaid on photo of person holding red and beige twin bell analog alarm clock
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A man's measure is his will.


Quote: All art is a revolt against man's fate. by author Andre Malraux overlaid on photo of clear liquid on leaf
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All art is a revolt against man's fate.


Quote: A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. by author Aristophanes overlaid on photo of white butterfly on green leafed plant
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A man's homeland is wherever he prospers.


Quote: Let each man exercise the art he knows. by author Aristophanes overlaid on photo of car passing by in between trees
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Let each man exercise the art he knows.


Quote: A man's action is only a picture book of his creed. by author Arthur Helps overlaid on photo of multicolored hand paint
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A man's action is only a picture book of his creed.


Quote: Let's judge a man on what he's done. by author Barbara Bush overlaid on photo of pink tree
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Let's judge a man on what he's done.


Quote: Desire is the very essence of man. by author Baruch Spinoza overlaid on photo of 1 US dollar banknote
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Desire is the very essence of man.


Quote: No man can discover his own talents. by author Brendan Behan overlaid on photo of shallow focus photography of fountain pen
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No man can discover his own talents.


Quote: The more a man knows, the more he forgives. by author Catherine the Great overlaid on photo of purple petaled flower
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The more a man knows, the more he forgives.


Quote: There is a great deal of human nature in man. by author Charles Kingsley overlaid on photo of full-bloomed red and white tulip flowers
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There is a great deal of human nature in man.


Quote: Man cannot live by incompetence alone. by author Charlotte Whitton overlaid on photo of purple heart shaped ornament on black and white textile
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Man cannot live by incompetence alone.


Quote: A man without enemies is a dishonest man. by author Daniel J. Rice overlaid on photo of photo of author Daniel J. Rice with quote

A man without enemies is a dishonest man.


Quote: Life must go on, Though good men die. by author Edna St. Vincent Millay overlaid on photo of five children sitting on bench front of trees
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Life must go on, Though good men die.


Quote: A man of pleasure is a man of pains. by author Edward Young overlaid on photo of top view of green succulent plants
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A man of pleasure is a man of pains.


Quote: Beware of a man with manners. by author Eudora Welty overlaid on photo of man operating laptop on top of table
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Beware of a man with manners.


Quote: The gift of a bad man can bring no good. by author Euripides overlaid on photo of macro shot photography of two votive candles
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The gift of a bad man can bring no good.


Quote: It is the lot of man but once to die. by author Francis Quarles overlaid on photo of five children sitting on bench front of trees
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It is the lot of man but once to die.


Quote: No noble man ever hated good wine. by author Francois Rabelais overlaid on photo of shallow focus photo of person sitting on concrete bench
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No noble man ever hated good wine.


Quote: A man endures misfortune without complaint. by author Franz Schubert overlaid on photo of silhouette of three men falling in line while walking during golden hour
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A man endures misfortune without complaint.


Quote: The happy man does not notice the flight of time. by author Friedrich Schiller overlaid on photo of gray-scale photo of man and woman holding hands
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The happy man does not notice the flight of time.


Quote: The strong man is strongest when alone. by author Friedrich Schiller overlaid on photo of shallow focus photography of U.S. dollar banknotes
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The strong man is strongest when alone.


Quote: A little man often casts a long shadow. by author G. M. Trevelyan overlaid on photo of white skull on red wall
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A little man often casts a long shadow.


Quote: No man can become a saint in his sleep. by author Henry Drummond overlaid on photo of photo of pine tree
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No man can become a saint in his sleep.


Quote: No public man can be just a little crooked. by author Herbert Hoover overlaid on photo of black and white photo of woman looking upward
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No public man can be just a little crooked.


Quote: Man is everywhere still in chains. by author Herbert Read overlaid on photo of sunset
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Man is everywhere still in chains.


Quote: The destiny of man is in his own soul. by author Herodotus overlaid on photo of calm body of water and mountain
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The destiny of man is in his own soul.


Quote: No man is ever old enough to know better. by author Holbrook Jackson overlaid on photo of brown and white wooden star print board
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No man is ever old enough to know better.


Quote: A man is literally what he thinks. by author James Allen overlaid on photo of milky way above body of water
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A man is literally what he thinks.

Longer Version/[Notes]:

A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.


Quote: The only greatness for man is immortality. by author James Dean overlaid on photo of pink and white flowers in tilt shift lens
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The only greatness for man is immortality.


Quote: Respect a man, he will do it the more. by author James Howell overlaid on photo of group of people sitting on ground with bonfire during daytime
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Respect a man, he will do it the more.


Quote: A man's errors are his portals of discovery. by author James Joyce overlaid on photo of gray and white bird on red and yellow leaves
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A man's errors are his portals of discovery.


Quote: Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains. by author Jean-Jacques Rousseau overlaid on photo of person holding yellow petaled flower
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Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.

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Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains. Those who think themselves the masters of others are indeed greater slaves than they.


Quote: The free man never thinks of escape. by author Jeanette Winterson overlaid on photo of person holding brown pencil
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The free man never thinks of escape.


Quote: A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult. by author John Churton Collins overlaid on photo of three woman holding hands white walking
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A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult.


Lucky men are favorites of Heaven.


Quote: I never trust a man that doesn't drink. by author John Wayne overlaid on photo of person getting 1 U.S. dollar banknote in wallet
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I never trust a man that doesn't drink.


Quote: Modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense. by author Jonathan Swift overlaid on photo of short-coated black puppy
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Modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.


Quote: No wise man ever wished to be younger. by author Jonathan Swift overlaid on photo of woman in white shirt sitting on brown rock near lake during daytime
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No wise man ever wished to be younger.


Quote: He was a bold man that first ate an oyster. by author Jonathan Swift overlaid on photo of man skiing on land
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He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.


Quote: Never test another man by your own weakness. by author Joseph Conrad overlaid on photo of black dog sitting on grass
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Never test another man by your own weakness.


Quote: What one man can think, another man can do. by author Jules Verne overlaid on photo of sunflower field under white sky during daytime
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What one man can think, another man can do.


Quote: The wisest man may be a blind father. by author Jules Verne overlaid on photo of two woman sitting on beach sand while facing sunlight
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The wisest man may be a blind father.


Quote: Man is never perfect nor contented. by author Jules Verne overlaid on photo of grayscale photography of kids walking on road
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Man is never perfect nor contented.


A man convinced against his will is not convinced.


Quote: The wise man reads both books and life itself. by author Lin Yutang overlaid on photo of 100 us dollar bill
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The wise man reads both books and life itself.


Quote: The perfect man? A poet on a motorcycle. by author Lucinda Williams overlaid on photo of three women sitting on rock near body of water
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The perfect man? A poet on a motorcycle.


Quote: To measure the man, measure his heart. by author Malcolm Forbes overlaid on photo of two gold-colored skeleton keys
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To measure the man, measure his heart.


Quote: A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere. by author Marcus Valerius Martial overlaid on photo of full-bloomed red and white tulip flowers
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A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.


Quote: Even the strongest man needs friends. by author Mario Puzo overlaid on photo of sunset
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Even the strongest man needs friends.


Quote: Sensual excess drives out pity in man. by author Marquis de Sade overlaid on photo of cup of coffee
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Sensual excess drives out pity in man.


Quote: All God wants of man is a peaceful heart. by author Meister Eckhart overlaid on photo of green leaf in close up photography
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All God wants of man is a peaceful heart.


Quote: The man who runs may fight again. by author Menander overlaid on photo of full-bloomed red and white tulip flowers
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The man who runs may fight again.


Quote: Every man is the son of his own works. by author Miguel de Cervantes overlaid on photo of fawn pug in close up photography
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Every man is the son of his own works.


Quote: Man appoints, and God disappoints. by author Miguel de Cervantes overlaid on photo of person holding hands
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Man appoints, and God disappoints.


Quote: Man dies of cold, not of darkness. by author Miguel de Unamuno overlaid on photo of red rope on three branch
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Man dies of cold, not of darkness.


Quote: Man's world is the planet of inexperience. by author Milan Kundera overlaid on photo of stars in the sky during night time
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Man's world is the planet of inexperience.


Quote: A man is known by the silence he keeps. by author Oliver Herford overlaid on photo of bonfire on focus photography
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A man is known by the silence he keeps.


Quote: A man's got to know his limitations. by author Peyton Manning overlaid on photo of monarch butterfly perched on green leaf in close up photography during daytime
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A man's got to know his limitations.


Quote: A learned man has always riches in himself. by author Phaedrus overlaid on photo of people standing inside city building
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A learned man has always riches in himself.


Quote: No man should have another man's voice in his head. by author Robert Jordan overlaid on photo of brown and black jazz guitar with dim light
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No man should have another man's voice in his head.


Quote: Every man is the architect of his own fortune. by author Sallust overlaid on photo of gray hummingbird
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Every man is the architect of his own fortune.


Quote: Let every man be true and every god a liar. by author Samuel Butler overlaid on photo of gray wooden house on green plains near mountain range at daytime
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Let every man be true and every god a liar.


Quote: A man may keep a woman, but not his estate. by author Samuel Richardson overlaid on photo of gray and brown hummingbird perching on yellow petaled flower
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A man may keep a woman, but not his estate.


Quote: Stupidity of man makes the world burn. by author Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann overlaid on photo of boy wearing American flag print eyeglasses sticking his mouth open
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Stupidity of man makes the world burn.


Quote: A fearful man is always hearing things. by author Sophocles overlaid on photo of lone tree in grassland
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A fearful man is always hearing things.


Quote: No man loves the bearer of bad tidings. by author Sophocles overlaid on photo of group of people sitting on ground with bonfire during daytime
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No man loves the bearer of bad tidings.


Quote: Even a poor man can receive honors. by author Sophocles overlaid on photo of brown and green leaf in close up photography
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Even a poor man can receive honors.


Quote: To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task. by author Sophocles overlaid on photo of man holding banknote
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To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.


Quote: A man is known by the company his mind keeps. by author Thomas Bailey Aldrich overlaid on photo of MacBook Pro beside plant in vase
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A man is known by the company his mind keeps.


Quote: No man is wise enough by himself. by author Plautus overlaid on photo of white and black short coat medium sized dog
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No man is wise enough by himself.


Quote: It well becomes a young man to be modest. by author Plautus overlaid on photo of fire near trees
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It well becomes a young man to be modest.


Quote: No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach. by author William Cowper overlaid on photo of white clouds and blue sky
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No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.


God made the country, and man made the town.


Quote: Man will not merely endure; he will prevail. by author William Faulkner overlaid on photo of photo of author William Faulkner with quote

Man will not merely endure; he will prevail.


Quote: No young man ever thinks he shall die. by author William Hazlitt overlaid on photo of Eiffel Tower under blue sky during daytime
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No young man ever thinks he shall die.


Quote: Remember that every man is a variation of yourself. by author William Saroyan overlaid on photo of photo of author William Saroyan with quote

Remember that every man is a variation of yourself.


Quote: Modern man is a hard-working human. by author Ed Wood overlaid on photo of 1 us dollar bill
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Modern man is a hard-working human.


Darwin was Wrong! Man's still an ape.


Quote: No man is happy; he is at best fortunate. by author Solon overlaid on photo of stars in the sky during night time
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No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.


Quote: Man, an animal that makes bargains. by author A. C. Benson overlaid on photo of car passing by in between trees
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Man, an animal that makes bargains.


No one man is superior to the game.


Quote: One man's faith is another man's delusion. by author Anthony Storr overlaid on photo of body of water under cloudy sky at night
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One man's faith is another man's delusion.


Quote: A man can preach no better than he prays. by author Charles Stanley overlaid on photo of grassland landscape
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A man can preach no better than he prays.


Quote: Procrastination is a lazy man's apology. by author Chinua Achebe overlaid on photo of brown and black butterfly on brown tree branch under white clouds during daytime
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Procrastination is a lazy man's apology.


Quote: The life of a good man is a continual prayer. by author Charlotte Lennox overlaid on photo of shallow focus photography of books
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The life of a good man is a continual prayer.


Quote: Man blindly works the will of fate. by author Christoph Martin Wieland overlaid on photo of black assault rifle on snow covered ground
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Man blindly works the will of fate.


Quote: No man is an island. No man stands alone. by author Dennis Brown overlaid on photo of four coffee cups on floor
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No man is an island. No man stands alone.


Quote: Necessity makes an honest man a knave. by author Daniel Defoe overlaid on photo of Arizona landscape
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Necessity makes an honest man a knave.


Quote: One man's poison Ivy is another man's spinach. by author George Ade overlaid on photo of brown and black jazz guitar with dim light
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One man's poison Ivy is another man's spinach.


Quote: Man makes holy what he believes. by author Ernest Renan overlaid on photo of Arizona landscape
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Man makes holy what he believes.


Quote: Man is too quick at forming conclusions. by author Edward E. Barnard overlaid on photo of woman holding cake looking up
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Man is too quick at forming conclusions.


Quote: Modern man has both feet firmly planted in mid-air. by author Francis Schaeffer overlaid on photo of shallow focus photography of brown and black bird
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Modern man has both feet firmly planted in mid-air.


Quote: Man as a pure animal does not exist. by author Francis Parker Yockey overlaid on photo of green leafed tree with sunlight at daytime
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Man as a pure animal does not exist.


Quote: The essence of a man is found in his faults. by author Francis Picabia overlaid on photo of two dragonflies on green cornate leaf
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The essence of a man is found in his faults.




Quote: Tomorrow is no man's gift. by author Gilbert Parker overlaid on photo of man in gray and black suit holding brown wooden stick
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Tomorrow is no man's gift.


A man always looks good in a dark suit.


Quote: Few men think, yet all will have opinions. by author George Berkeley overlaid on photo of gray wooden house on green plains near mountain range at daytime
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Few men think, yet all will have opinions.


Quote: No man can lose what he never had. by author Izaak Walton overlaid on photo of person holding 100 euro bill
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No man can lose what he never had.


Quote: Man must be associated with his fellows. by author James Larkin overlaid on photo of photo of pine tree
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Man must be associated with his fellows.


Quote: Every man thinks god is on his side. by author Jean Anouilh overlaid on photo of fawn pug in close up photography
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Every man thinks god is on his side.


Quote: An ugly sight, a man who is afraid. by author Jean Anouilh overlaid on photo of brown and green leaf in close up photography
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An ugly sight, a man who is afraid.


Quote: All things do help the unhappy man to fall. by author John Webster overlaid on photo of three assorted U.S. dollar banknotes
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All things do help the unhappy man to fall.


Quote: Man is a substance clad in shadows. by author John Sterling overlaid on photo of 100 US Dollar banknote
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Man is a substance clad in shadows.


You can just fight one man at a time.


Quote: No one can harm the man who does himself no wrong. by author John Chrysostom overlaid on photo of black and white duck on brown wooden dock during daytime
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No one can harm the man who does himself no wrong.


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