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title: "20 Essence Man Quotes by 18 authors"
description: "Browse 20 Essence Man quotes by 18 authors. Discover the best Essence Man sayings and thoughts."
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> [The essence of man is imperfection.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/norman-cousins/the-essence-of-man-is-imperfection/)

[Norman Cousins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/norman-cousins/)

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> [The essence of a man is found in his faults.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-picabia/the-essence-of-a-man-is-found-in-his-faults/)

[Francis Picabia](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-picabia/)

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> [Style is the essence of man](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-louis-leclerc-comte-de-buffon/style-is-the-essence-of-man/)

[Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-louis-leclerc-comte-de-buffon/)

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> [What does it take to change the essence of a man?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-seagal/what-does-it-take-to-change-the-essence-of-a-man/)

[Steven Seagal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-seagal/)

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> [Desire is the essence of a man.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/desire-is-the-essence-of-a-man/)

[Baruch Spinoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baruch-spinoza/)

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> [Desire is the very essence of man](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/desire-is-the-very-essence-of-man/)

[Baruch Spinoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baruch-spinoza/)

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> [“Homeland is not a blot on a map but the living essence of man”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/witold-gombrowicz/homeland-is-not-a-blot-on-a-map-but-the-living-essence-of-man/)

[Witold Gombrowicz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/witold-gombrowicz/)

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> [I want to know what the difference between the essence of a man and woman is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tina-turner/i-want-to-know-what-the-difference-between-the-essence-of-a-man-and/)

[Tina Turner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tina-turner/)

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> [The essence of man is not what he is, but in what he is able to be.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abraham-joshua-heschel/the-essence-of-man-is-not-what-he-is-but-in-what-he-is-able-to-be/)

[Abraham Joshua Heschel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abraham-joshua-heschel/)

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> [Money is the alienated essence of man's work and existence; this essence dominates him and he worships it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karl-marx/money-is-the-alienated-essence-of-man-s-work-and-existence-this/)

[Karl Marx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karl-marx/)

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> [“the essence of man is really his paradoxical nature, the fact that he is half animal and half symbolic.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-becker/the-essence-of-man-is-really-his-paradoxical-nature-the-fact-that-he/)

[Ernest Becker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-becker/)

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> [“Desire is the actual essence of man, in so far as it is conceived, as determined to a particular activity by some…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/baruch-spinoza/desire-is-the-actual-essence-of-man-in-so-far-as-it-is-conceived-as/)

[Baruch Spinoza](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/baruch-spinoza/)

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> [The essence of man is, discontent, divine discontent; a sort of love without a beloved, the ache we feel in a member…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-ortega-y-gasset/the-essence-of-man-is-discontent-divine-discontent-a-sort-of-love/)

[Jose Ortega y Gasset](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-ortega-y-gasset/)

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> [They say time is of the essence no man could buy it so to express my love to you I provided the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/they-say-time-is-of-the-essence-no-man-could-buy-it-so-to-express-my/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [“Inside where nothing shows, I am the essence of a man spinning double-headed coins, and betting against himself in private atonement for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-stoppard/inside-where-nothing-shows-i-am-the-essence-of-a-man-spinning-double/)

[Tom Stoppard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-stoppard/)

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> [Man you can define; but the true essence of any man, say, for instance, of Abraham Lincoln, remains the endlessly elusive and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josiah-royce/man-you-can-define-but-the-true-essence-of-any-man-say-for-instance/)

[Josiah Royce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josiah-royce/)

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> [ “\[T\]he essence of man is one, but this essence is infinite; … Between me and another human being - … , even… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-feuerbach/t-he-essence-of-man-is-one-but-this-essence-is-infinite-between-me/)

[Ludwig Feuerbach](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-feuerbach/)

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> [“He used to wonder at the shallow psychology of those who conceive the ego in man as a thing simple, permanent, reliable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/oscar-wilde/he-used-to-wonder-at-the-shallow-psychology-of-those-who-conceive-the/)

[Oscar Wilde](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/oscar-wilde/)

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> [“We cannot gain an essential knowledge of man through any method that is based on externalization of man's inner being and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/seyyed-hossein-nasr/we-cannot-gain-an-essential-knowledge-of-man-through-any-method-that/)

[Seyyed Hossein Nasr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/seyyed-hossein-nasr/)

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> [“...then he comes to the brink of a precipitous fall; that is, he comes to the point where he himself will have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-heidegger/then-he-comes-to-the-brink-of-a-precipitous-fall-that-is-he-comes-to/)

[Martin Heidegger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-heidegger/)

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