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Man Quotes by Margaret Mead
- Man's most human characteristic is not his ability to learn, which he shares with many other species, but his ability to teach and store what…
- The Samoan puts the burden of amatory success upon the man and believes that women need more initiating, more time for maturing of sexual feeling.…
- Coming to terms with the rhythms of women's lives means coming to terms with life itself, accepting the imperatives of the body rather than the…
- The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does he…
- Chief among our gains must be reckoned this possibility of choice, the recognition of many possible ways of life, where other civilizations have recognized only…
- Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.
- Man's role is uncertain, undefined, and perhaps unnecessary.
- It is easier to change a man's religion than to change his diet.
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