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Man Quotes by Saint Basil
- A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and…
- Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger.
- Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors?
- If every man took only what was sufficient for his needs, leaving the rest to those in want, there would be no rich and no…
- What is there astonishing in the death of a mortal? But we are grieved at his dying before his time. Are we sure that this…
- [Every disappointment or misfortune can become a blessing in disguise, for which we should be grateful. But only if the hidden blessing is anticipated, expected…
- O God, enlarge within us the sense of fellowship with all living things, even our brothers, the animals, to whom Thou gavest the earth as…
- Who is the covetous man? One for whom plenty is not enough.
- Extirpate two thoughts within thyself: do not consider thyself worthy of anything great, and do not think that any other man is much lower than…
- Troubles are usually the brooms and shovels that smooth the road to a good man's fortune.
- To Whom does our God say, 'in our image' (Gen. 1:26), to whom if it is not to Him who is 'the brightness of His…
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- The foolish man wonders at the unusual, but the wise man at the usual. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- Yet, so far from laboring to know the forbidden tree of worldly pleasures and its various fruits, man gives himself up to… — Johann Arndt
- 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