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title: "11 Man Struggle Quotes by 11 authors"
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> [When a man's struggle begins within oneself, the man is worth something.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/plutarch/when-a-man-s-struggle-begins-within-oneself-the-man-is-worth-something/)

[Plutarch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/plutarch/)

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> [In man's struggle against the world, bet on the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-kafka/in-man-s-struggle-against-the-world-bet-on-the-world/)

[Franz Kafka](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-kafka/)

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> [Words are more ardent if a man must struggle to find them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amy-tan/words-are-more-ardent-if-a-man-must-struggle-to-find-them/)

[Amy Tan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amy-tan/)

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> [How base a thing it is when a man will struggle with necessity! We have to die.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/euripides/how-base-a-thing-it-is-when-a-man-will-struggle-with-necessity-we/)

[Euripides](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/euripides/)

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> [“You'll never know another man's struggle. You'll never know another man's pain.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-reon-nguyen/you-ll-never-know-another-man-s-struggle-you-ll-never-know-another/)

[David Reon Nguyen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-reon-nguyen/)

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> [Reason is the main resource of man in his struggle for survival.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-von-mises/reason-is-the-main-resource-of-man-in-his-struggle-for-survival/)

[Ludwig von Mises](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-von-mises/)

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> [“In his own way each man must struggle, lest the moral law become a far-off abstraction utterly separated from his active life.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-addams/in-his-own-way-each-man-must-struggle-lest-the-moral-law-become-a-far/)

[Jane Addams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-addams/)

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> [It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the struggle between a proud mind and an…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/washington-irving/it-is-not-poverty-so-much-as-pretense-that-harasses-a-ruined-man-the/)

[Washington Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/washington-irving/)

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> [I am an old man and sometimes I struggle to keep up with some of the youngsters on the circuits. But at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-groves/i-am-an-old-man-and-sometimes-i-struggle-to-keep-up-with-some-of-the/)

[George Groves](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-groves/)

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> [“Man in the struggle for peace, if he is serious about it, if he really knows what it is all about, can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-malik/man-in-the-struggle-for-peace-if-he-is-serious-about-it-if-he-really/)

[Charles Malik](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-malik/)

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> [“There's nothing more sensual than watching a man struggle to keep himself in check when he's looking at you.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/t-e-sivec/there-s-nothing-more-sensual-than-watching-a-man-struggle-to-keep/)

[T.E. Sivec](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/t-e-sivec/)

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