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He Quotes by Irving Babbitt
- A man needs to look, not down, but up to standards set so much above his ordinary self as to make him feel that he…
- Tell him, on the contrary, that he needs, in the interest of his own happiness, to walk in the path of humility and self-control, and…
- If a man went simply by what he saw, he might be tempted to affirm that the essence of democracy is melodrama.
- Since every man desires happiness, it is evidently no small matter whether he conceives of happiness in terms of work or of enjoyment.
More He Quotes
- The chief qualification of a mass leader has become unending infallibility; he can never admit an error. — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- Whenever a toddler sees a pile of blocks, he wants to tear it down. — J. J. Abrams
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- He who hath many friends hath none. — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- He who is to be a good ruler must have first been ruled. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- No one loves the man whom he fears. — Aristotle
- He who can be, and therefore is, another's, and he who participates in reason enough to apprehend, but not to have, is… — Aristotle