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> [In old days men studied for the sake of self-improvement; nowadays men study in order to impress other people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/in-old-days-men-studied-for-the-sake-of-self-improvement-nowadays-men/)

[Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/)

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> [People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays; men have to work and women to marry for money. It's a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louisa-may-alcott/people-don-t-have-fortunes-left-them-in-that-style-nowadays-men-have/)

[Louisa May Alcott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louisa-may-alcott/)

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> [In antiquity men studied for their own sake; nowadays men study for the sake of impressing others.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/confucius/in-antiquity-men-studied-for-their-own-sake-nowadays-men-study-for/)

[Confucius](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/confucius/)

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> [Nowadays most men I meet are terrified of me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-jayalalithaa/nowadays-most-men-i-meet-are-terrified-of-me/)

[J. Jayalalithaa](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-jayalalithaa/)

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> [“Nowadays most men lead lives of noisy desperation.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/nowadays-most-men-lead-lives-of-noisy-desperation/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

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> [Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-thurber/nowadays-men-lead-lives-of-noisy-desperation/)

[James Thurber](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-thurber/)

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