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title: "26 Man Grows Quotes by 24 authors"
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> [An envious man grows lean at another's fatness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/an-envious-man-grows-lean-at-another-s-fatness/)

[Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/)

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> [The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/horace/the-envious-man-grows-lean-at-the-success-of-his-neighbor/)

[Horace](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/horace/)

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> [What signifies sadness, sir; a man grows lean on it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-mackenzie/what-signifies-sadness-sir-a-man-grows-lean-on-it/)

[Henry Mackenzie](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-mackenzie/)

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> [That man never grows old who keeps a child in his heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-steele/that-man-never-grows-old-who-keeps-a-child-in-his-heart/)

[Richard Steele](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-steele/)

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> [“Bit by bit, man grows to strong.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/akinwale-musa-oluseun/bit-by-bit-man-grows-to-strong/)

[Akinwale Musa Oluseun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/akinwale-musa-oluseun/)

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> [When a man grows old, he gives room for his child to take over.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diamond-oluwole/when-a-man-grows-old-he-gives-room-for-his-child-to-take-over/)

[Diamond Oluwole](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diamond-oluwole/)

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> [But man grows old, lies down, remains where once he's laid.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-bradstreet/but-man-grows-old-lies-down-remains-where-once-he-s-laid/)

[Anne Bradstreet](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-bradstreet/)

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> [Man grows used to everything, the scoundrel!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoevsky/man-grows-used-to-everything-the-scoundrel/)

[Fyodor Dostoevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoevsky/)

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> [“A man doesn’t grow old because he has lived a certain number of years. A man grows old when he deserts his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/a-man-doesn-t-grow-old-because-he-has-lived-a-certain-number-of-years-2/)

[Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/)

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> [“But the larger a man grows in his own inner darkness, the more his outer form diminishes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/milan-kundera/but-the-larger-a-man-grows-in-his-own-inner-darkness-the-more-his/)

[Milan Kundera](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/milan-kundera/)

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> [It is the nature of a man as he grows older, a small bridge intime, toprotest againstchange, particularlychangefor the better.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-steinbeck/it-is-the-nature-of-a-man-as-he-grows-older-a-small-bridge-intime/)

[John Steinbeck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-steinbeck/)

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> [A man who grows that much hair,' critics were fond of saying, 'must have a lot to hide.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-c-clarke/a-man-who-grows-that-much-hair-critics-were-fond-of-saying-must-have/)

[Arthur C. Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-c-clarke/)

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> [In a narrow circle the mind contracts. Man grows with his expanded needs.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-schiller/in-a-narrow-circle-the-mind-contracts-man-grows-with-his-expanded/)

[Friedrich Schiller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-schiller/)

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> [It is well known that the older a man grows, the faster he could run as a boy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/red-smith/it-is-well-known-that-the-older-a-man-grows-the-faster-he-could-run/)

[Red Smith](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/red-smith/)

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> [A tree trunk the size of a man grows from a blade as thin as a hair. A tower nine stories high…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/laozi/a-tree-trunk-the-size-of-a-man-grows-from-a-blade-as-thin-as-a-hair-a/)

[Laozi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/laozi/)

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> [The soil of a man’s heart is stonier; a man grows what he can and tends it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/the-soil-of-a-man-s-heart-is-stonier-a-man-grows-what-he-can-and/)

[Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/)

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> [As a man grows and increases in the things of this world, if he is not careful, he will lose the Spirit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/heber-j-grant/as-a-man-grows-and-increases-in-the-things-of-this-world-if-he-is-not/)

[Heber J. Grant](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/heber-j-grant/)

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> [A man doesn't grow old because he has lived a certain number of years. A man grows old when he deserts his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brennan-manning/a-man-doesn-t-grow-old-because-he-has-lived-a-certain-number-of-years/)

[Brennan Manning](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brennan-manning/)

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> [Do not believe that man grows. No: he is born suddenly-a word, in a moment, penetrates his heart to a new throb.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ghassan-kanafani/do-not-believe-that-man-grows-no-he-is-born-suddenly-a-word-in-a/)

[Ghassan Kanafani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ghassan-kanafani/)

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> [As a man grows older, his ability to sit still and follow indoor occupations increases. He grows vespertinal in his habits as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/as-a-man-grows-older-his-ability-to-sit-still-and-follow-indoor/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [When a man grows old his joy Grows more deep day after day, His empty heart is full at length But he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-butler-yeats/when-a-man-grows-old-his-joy-grows-more-deep-day-after-day-his-empty/)

[William Butler Yeats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-butler-yeats/)

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> [In the world as I have seen it, no man grows rich by kindness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/in-the-world-as-i-have-seen-it-no-man-grows-rich-by-kindness/)

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

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> [As a man grows older it is harder and harder to frighten him.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-paul/as-a-man-grows-older-it-is-harder-and-harder-to-frighten-him/)

[Jean Paul](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-paul/)

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> [I am a quiet man who grows through adversity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jose-maria-aznar/i-am-a-quiet-man-who-grows-through-adversity/)

[Jose Maria Aznar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jose-maria-aznar/)

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> [“The man grows up at the same time as this mission!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/diogo-fino/the-man-grows-up-at-the-same-time-as-this-mission/)

[Diogo Fino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/diogo-fino/)

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> [“But the longer a man grows in his own darkness, the more his outer form diminishes”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kundera-milan/but-the-longer-a-man-grows-in-his-own-darkness-the-more-his-outer/)

[Kundera Milan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kundera-milan/)

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