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Man Quotes by James Stephens
- Let the past be content with itself, for man needs forgetfulness as well as memory
- Tell me your past, my beloved, for a man is his past, and is to be known by it.
- Any fool can wash himself, but every wise man knows that it is an unnecessary labour, for nature will quickly reduce him to a natural…
- A man and a woman may become quite intimate in a quarter of an hour. Almost certainly will they endeavour to explain themselves to each…
- God did not need any assistance, but man did; bitterly he wanted it, and the giving of such assistance was the proper business of a…
- Man works outwardly and inwardly - after rest, he has energy; after energy, he needs repose; so, when we have given instruction for a time,…
- When a woman speaks to a man about the love she feels for another man, she is not liked.
- A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find.
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