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Man Quotes by Diana Gabaldon
- Man's sense of Morality tends to decrease as his Power increases
- Time is a lot of the things people say that God is. There's always preexisting, and having no end. There's the notion of being all…
- The rest of the journey passed uneventfully, if you consider it uneventful to ride fifteen miles on horseback through rough country at night, frequently without…
- It wasn't a thing I had consciously missed, but having it now reminded me of the joy of it; that drowsy intimacy in which a…
- Boldness in battle is nothing out of the way... but to face down fear in cold blood is rare in any man.
- He [Brian Fraser] told me that a man must be responsible for any see he sows, for it's his duty to take care of a…
- If ye loved him, he must ha' been a good man.' 'Yes, he...was.' 'Then I shall do my best to honor his spirit by serving…
- Deftly whipping a small tuning fork from his pocket, he struck it smartly against a pillar and held it next to Jamie's left ear. Jamie…
- With that height, plus a face of an ugliness so transcendant as to be grotesquely beautiful, it was obvious why she had embraced a religious…
- ...still I dinna expect anything to happen to me. But if it should...If it does, then I want there to be a place for you;…
- You are safe," he said firmly. "You have my name and my family, my clan, and if necessary, the protection of my body as well.…
- ...sitting and waiting is one of the most miserable occupations known to man - not that it usually is known to men; women do it…
- Once you've chosen a man, don't try to change him', I wrote with more confidence. 'It can't be done. More important-don't let him try to…
- One dictum I had learned on the battlefields of France in a far distant war: You cannot save the world, but you might save the…
- I was crying for joy, my Sassenach,' he said softly. He reached out slowly and took my face between his hands. "And thanking God that…
- Am I a man? To want you so badly that nothing else matters? To see you, and know I would sacrifice honor or family or…
- I have lived through war, and lost much. I know what's worth the fight, and what is not. Honor and courage are matters of the…
- He's a man...and that's no small thing to be.
- Do ye want me?" he whispered. "Sassenach, will ye take me - and risk the man that I am, for the sake of the man…
- But a man is not forgotten, as long as there are two people left under the sky. One, to tell the story; the other, to…
More Man Quotes
- 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