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Man Quotes by Lin Yutang
- It is important that man dreams, but it is perhaps equally important that he can laugh at his own dreams.
- I am willing to allow that smoking is a moral weakness, but on the other hand, we must beware of the man without weaknesses. He…
- Probably the difference between man and the monkeys is that the monkeys are merely bored, while man has boredom plus imagination.
- The most bewildering thing about man is his idea of work and the amount of work he imposes upon himself, or civilization has imposed upon…
- After all the allowances are made for the necessity of having a few supermen in our midst - explorers, conquerors, great inventors, great presidents, heroes…
- There is nothing more beautiful in this world than a healthy, wise old man.
- How many of us are able to distinguish between the odors of noon and midnight, or of winter and summer, or of a windy spell…
- A man who has to be punctually at a certain place at five o'clock has the whole afternoon ruined for him already.
- No man is inherently respectable, but all women are by nature.
- The question that faces every man born into this world is not what should be his purpose, which he should set about to achieve, but…
- The wise man reads both books and life itself.
- If man be sensible and one fine morning, while he is lying in bed, counts at the tips of his fingers how many things in…
- The busy man is never wise and the wise man is never busy.
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