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Man Quotes by James Boswell
- If a man who is born to a fortune cannot make himself easier and freer than those who are not, he gains nothing.
- When a man is familiar with many people he must expect many disagreeable familiarizations.
- What a curious creature is man; with what a variety of powers and faculties is he endued; yet how easily is he disturbed and put…
- The scent of Sloth tempts a smug man.
- No, Sir, claret is the liquor for boys; port for men: but he who aspires to be a hero must drink brandy. In the first…
- Wine makes a man better pleased with himself. I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others. Sometimes it does. But the…
- It is not every man who can be exquisitely miserable, any more than exquisitely happy.
- My definition of Man is, a Cooking Animal. The beasts have memory, judgement, and all the faculties and passions of our mind, in a certain…
- But what can a man see of a library being one day in it?
- I have discovered that we may be in some degree whatever character we choose. Besides, practice forms a man to anything....
- But the question is, whether the animals who endure such sufferings of various kinds for the service and entertainment of man, would accept existence upon…
- When we know exactly all a man's views and how he comes to speak and act so and so, we lose any respect for him,…
- If a man is prodigal, he cannot be truly generous.
- A companion loves some agreeable qualities which a man may possess, but a friend loves the man himself.
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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