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Man Quotes by Sydney Smith
- When I hear any man talk of an unalterable law, the only effect it produces on me is to convince me that he is an…
- A man who wishes to make his way in life could do no better than go through the world with a boiling tea-kettle in his…
- I never read a book before previewing it; it prejudices a man so.
- Poverty us no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient.
- No man can ever end with being superior who will not begin with being inferior.
- Man could direct his ways by plain reason, and support his life by tasteless food, but God has given us wit, and flavor, and brightness,…
- It is natural to every man to wish for distinction, and the praise of those who can confer honor by their praise, in spite of…
- Poverty is no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient
- I never read a book before reviewing it - it prejudices a man so
More Man Quotes
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- 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