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Man Quotes by Lafcadio Hearn
- No man can possibly know what life means, what the world means, until he has a child and loves it. And then the whole universe…
- There was very little suicide among the men of the North, because every man considered it his duty to get killed, not to kill himself;…
- The highest duty of the man is not to his father, but to his wife; and for the sake of that woman he abandons all…
- Of course, the simple explanation of the fact is that marriage is the most important act of man's life in Europe or America, and that…
- As a result, the highly civilized man can endure incomparably more than the savage, whether of moral or physical strain. Being better able to control…
- The great principle of Western society is that competition rules here as it rules in everything else. The best man - that is to say,…
- No man can possibly know what life means, what the world means, what anything means, until he has a child and loves it. And then…
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