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Man Quotes by Remy de Gourmont
- Man has made use of his intelligence; he invented stupidity.
- Man is the inventor of stupidity.
- The ever-present phenomenon ceases to exist for our senses. It was a city dweller, or a prisoner, or a blind man suddenly given his sight,…
- Man begins by loving love and ends by loving a woman. Woman begins by loving a man and ends by loving love.
- Man associates ideas not according to logic or verifiable exactitude, but according to his pleasure and interests. It is for this reason that most truths…
- Each man must grant himself the emotions that he needs and the morality that suits him.
- Aesthetic emotion puts man in a state favorable to the reception of erotic emotion. Art is the accomplice of love. Take love away and there…
- The whole effort of a sincere man is to erect his personal impressions into laws
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- 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
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