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Man Quotes by Stephen Leacock
- A sportsman is a man who, every now and then, simply has to get out and kill something.
- As for politics, well, it all seemed reasonable enough. When the Conservatives got in anywhere, [Judge] Pepperleigh laughed and enjoyed it, simply because it does…
- The minute a man is convinced he is interesting, he isn't.
- Any man will admit if need be that his sight is not good, or that he cannot swim or shoots badly with a rifle, but…
- The attempt to make the consumption of beer criminal is as silly and as futile as if you passed a law to send a man…
- The great man... walks across his century and leaves the marks of his feet all over it, ripping out the dates on his goloshes as…
- You know, many a man realizes late in life that if when he was a boy he had known what he knows now, instead of…
- Presently I shall be introduced as 'this venerable old gentleman' and the axe will fall when they raise me to the degree of 'grand old…
- Many a man in love with a dimple makes the mistake of marrying the whole girl.
- Many a man in love with a dimple makes a mistake of marrying the whole girl
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