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Man Quotes by Joshua Reynolds
- Gardening as far as Gardening is Art, or entitled to that appellation, is a deviation from nature; for if the true taste consists, as many…
- The real character of a man is found out by his amusements....
- Excellence is never granted to man but as the reward of labor. It argues no small strength of mind to persevere in habits of industry…
- Excellence is never granted to man, but as the reward of labour.
- The greatest man is he who forms the taste of a nation; the next greatest is he who corrupts it.
- A painter must not only be of necessity an imitator of the works of nature... but he must be as necessarily an imitator of the…
- There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking.
- There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.
- There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking. A favorite of Thomas Alva Edison
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
- 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