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Man Quotes by Walter Scott
- When a man has not a good reason for doing a thing, he has one good reason for letting it alone.
- The man who is deserving the name is the one whose thoughts and exertions are for others rather than for himself.
- Breathes there the man, with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land! Whose heart hath ne'er…
- Where lives the man that has not tried How mirth can into folly glide, And folly into sin!
- He hath a share of man's intelligence, but no share of man's falsehood.
- In man's most dark extremity Oft succour dawns from Heaven.
- True love's the gift which God has given to man alone beneath the heaven.
- England was merry England, when Old Christmas brought his sports again. 'Twas Christmas broach'd the mightiest ale; 'Twas Christmas told the merriest tale; A Christmas…
- A Christmas gambol oft could cheer The poor man's heart through half the year.
- I have heard men talk about the blessings of freedom," he said to himself, "but I wish any wise man would teach me what use…
- Fight on, brave knights! Man dies, but glory lives! Fight on; death is better than defeat! Fight on brave knights! for bright eyes behold your…
- Breathes there the man with soul so dead, Who never to himself hath said, This is my own, my native land.
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