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Man Quotes by Thomas Adams
- Both in thy private sessions, and the universal assizes, thou shalt be sure of the same Judge, the same jury, the same witnesses, the same…
- That which a man spits against heaven, shall fall back on his own face.
- The patient man is merry indeed.... The jailers that watch him are but his pages of honour, and his very dungeon but the lower side…
- A man may be so bold of his predestination, that he forget his conversation.
- His father was no man's friend but his own, and he is no man's for else.
- The covetous man is like a camel with a great hunch on his back; heaven's gate must be made Higher and broader, or he will…
- Death is as near to the young as to the old; here is all the difference: death stands behind the young man's back, before the…
- No man more truly loves God than he that is most fearful to offend Him.
- Sense of sin may be often great, and more felt than grace; yet not be more than grace. A man feels the ache of his…
- The covetous man pines in plenty, like Tantalus up to the chin in water, and yet thirsty.
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