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Man Quotes by Norman Douglas
- Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.
- It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest.
- Has any man ever obtained inner harmony by simply reading about the experiences of others? Not since the world began has it ever happened. Each…
- What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes? Take fifty of our current proverbial sayings—they are so trite, so threadbare, that we can hardly…
- A man can believe a considerable deal of rubbish, and yet go about his daily work in a rational and cheerful manner.
- You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to…
- There is in us a lyric germ or nucleus which deserves respect; it bids a man to ponder or create; and in this dim corner…
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