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Man Quotes by Alfred de Vigny
- What is a great life if not a youthful idea executed by a man of mature years.
- On the day when man told the story of his life to man, history was born.
- France, for example, loves at the same time history and the drama, because the one explores the vast destinies of humanity, and the other the…
- I think, then, that man, after having satisfied his first longing for facts, wanted something fuller - some grouping, some adaptation to his capacity and…
- From this, without doubt, sprang the fable. Man created it thus, because it was not given him to see more than himself and nature, which…
- The acts of the human race on the world's stage have doubtless a coherent unity, but the meaning of the vast tragedy enacted will be…
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- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. — 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
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- Hope is the dream of a waking man. — Aristotle
- Man is by nature a political animal. — Aristotle
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle