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Man Quotes by Dorothy L. Sayers
- The dogma of the Incarnation is the most dramatic thing about Christianity, and indeed, the most dramatic thing that ever entered the mind of man;…
- Every time a man expects, as he says, his money to work for him, he is expecting other people to work for him.
- To the average man, life presents itself, not as material malleable to his hand, but as a series of problems...which he has to solve...And he…
- There is a universal moral law, as distinct from a moral code, which consists of certain statements of fact about the nature of man, and…
- Once lay down the rule that the job comes first and you throw that job open to every individual, man or woman, fat or thin,…
- In fact, there is perhaps only one human being in a thousand who is passionately interested in his job for the job's sake. The difference…
- The rule seemed to be that a great woman must either die unwed ... or find a still greater man to marry her. ... The…
- Wherever you find a great man, you will find a great mother or a great wife standing behind him -- or so they used to…
- He remembered having said to his uncle (with a solemn dogmatism better befitting a much younger man): "Surely it is possible to love with the…
- Philip wasn't the sort of man to make a friend of a woman. He wanted devotion. I gave him that. I did, you know. But…
- To complain that man measures God by his own experience is a waste of time; man measures everything by his own experience; he has no…
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- 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