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Man Quotes by Max Beerbohm
- To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people.
- I have known no man of genius who had not to pay, in some affliction or defect, either physical or spiritual, for what the gods…
- It seems to be a law of nature that no man, unless he has some obvious physical deformity, ever is loth to sit for his…
- Zuleika, on a desert island, would have spent most of her time in looking for a man's footprint.
- Reverence is a good thing, and part of its value is that the more we revere a man, the more sharply are we struck by…
- A man's work is rather the needful supplement to himself than the outcome of it.
- You cannot make a man by standing a sheep on its hind-legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position you can make…
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