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Man Quotes by Patrick O'Brian
- For a moment Jack felt the strongest inclination to snatch up his little gilt chair and beat the white-faced man down with it...
- No man born of woman has ever understood spoken Portuguese.
- ...I have had such a sickening of men in masses, and of causes, that I would not cross this room to reform parliament or prevent…
- Authority is a solvent of humanity: look at any husband, any father of a family,and note the absorption of the person by the persona, the…
- You are to consider that a certain melancholy and often a certain irascibility accompany advancing age: indeed it might be said that advancing age equals…
- For my own part,' said Captain Aubrey, 'I have no notion of disliking a man for his beliefs, above all if he was born with…
- In a day when, if you insulted a man it might cost you your life, you were probably more civil.
More Man Quotes
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- A man can die but once. — William Shakespeare
- Government has come to be a trade, and is managed solely on commercial principles. A man plunges into politics to make his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- No one loves the man whom he fears. — Aristotle