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- Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in…
- A contented mind is the greatest blessing a man can enjoy in this world.
- A man should always consider how much he has more than he wants.
- Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common…
- A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
- A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.
- Is there not some chosen curse, some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man who owes his…
- An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.
- That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel?
- To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man.
- The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount.
- Nothing is more gratifying to the mind of man than power or dominion.
- The utmost extent of man's knowledge, is to know that he knows nothing.
- To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement.
- I have somewhere met with the epitaph on a charitable man which has pleased me very much. I cannot recollect the words, but here is…
- Courage that grows from constitution often forsakes a man when he has occasion for it; courage which arises from a sense of duty acts; in…
- If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth,…
- It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of…
- There is nothing that more betrays a base ungenerous spirit than the giving of secret stabs to a man's reputation. Lampoons and satires that are…
- He only is a great man who can neglect the applause of the multitude and enjoy himself independent of its favor.
- When a man is made up wholly of the dove, without the least grain of the serpent in his composition, he becomes ridiculous in many…
- A man's reputation draws eyes upon him that will narrowly inspect every part of him.
- An honest private man often grows cruel and abandoned when converted into an absolute prince. Give a man power of doing what he pleases with…
- Man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, and next to escape the censures of the world. If the last…
- The end of a man's life is often compared to the winding up of a well written play, where the principal persons still act in…
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- 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
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