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title: "9 Man Meet Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [“Every man I meet is my superior in some way. In that, I learn of him.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/every-man-i-meet-is-my-superior-in-some-way-in-that-i-learn-of-him/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [Every man I meet wants to protect me. I can't figure out what from.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mae-west/every-man-i-meet-wants-to-protect-me-i-can-t-figure-out-what-from/)

[Mae West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mae-west/)

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> [The man I meet with is not often so instructive as the silence he breaks.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/the-man-i-meet-with-is-not-often-so-instructive-as-the-silence-he/)

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

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> [God help the next man I meet, I'm not sure he'll be able to put up with me!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maura-higgins/god-help-the-next-man-i-meet-i-m-not-sure-he-ll-be-able-to-put-up/)

[Maura Higgins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maura-higgins/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0c/maura-higgins-5928_god_god-help-the-next-man-i-meet-i-m-not-sur_202150.jpg)

> [Life is never what it seems, and every man must meet his destiny.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/styx/life-is-never-what-it-seems-and-every-man-must-meet-his-destiny/)

[Styx](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/styx/)

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> [Every man I meet is in some way my superior.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/every-man-i-meet-is-in-some-way-my-superior/)

[Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/)

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> [A woman without a man cannot meet a man, any man, of any age, without thinking, even if it's for a half-second,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/doris-lessing/a-woman-without-a-man-cannot-meet-a-man-any-man-of-any-age-without/)

[Doris Lessing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/doris-lessing/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/174/doris-lessing-501_age_a-woman-without-a-man-cannot-meet-a-man_501954.png)

> [A man can meet 10 women, like 9, talk to 8, laugh wid 7, 6 runs behind him, sleep wid 5, go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/newlove/a-man-can-meet-10-women-like-9-talk-to-8-laugh-wid-7-6-runs-behind/)

[Newlove](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/newlove/)

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> [“A man may meet a woman and be shocked by her ugliness. Soon, if she is natural and unaffected, her expression makes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stendhal/a-man-may-meet-a-woman-and-be-shocked-by-her-ugliness-soon-if-she-is/)

[Stendhal](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stendhal/)

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