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Man Quotes by Charles Horton Cooley
- If we divine a discrepancy between a man's words and his character, the whole impression of him becomes broken and painful; he revolts the imagination…
- No matter what a man does, he is not fully sane or human unless there is a spirit of freedom in him, a soul unconfined…
- Each man must have his I; it is more necessary to him than bread; and if he does not find scope for it within the…
- It is surely a matter of common observation that a man who knows no one thing intimately has no views worth hearing on things in…
- Prudence and compromise are necessary means, but every man should have an impudent end which he will not compromise.
- One of the great reasons for the popularity of strikes is that they give the suppressed self a sense of power. For once the human…
- It is surely a matter of common observation that a man who knows no one thing intimately has no views worth hearing on things in…
- A man may lack everything but tact and conviction and still be a forcible speaker; but without these nothing will avail... Fluency, grace, logical order,…
- We are ashamed to seem evasive in the presence of a straightforward man, cowardly in the presence of a brave one, gross in the eyes…
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- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
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- 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