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Man Quotes by J. Robert Oppenheimer
- [About the great synthesis of atomic physics in the 1920s:] It was a heroic time. It was not the doing of any one man; it…
- In a free world, if it is to remain free, we must maintain, with our lives if need be, but surely by our lives, the…
- Any man whose errors take ten years to correct is quite a man.
- No man should escape our universities without knowing how little he knows.
- Both the man of science and the man of action live always at the edge of mystery, surrounded by it.
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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
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- 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
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