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Man Quotes by Wilhelm von Humboldt
- Government, religion, property, books, are nothing but the scaffolding to build men. Earth holds up to her master no fruit like the finished man.
- It is usually more important how a man meets his fate than what it is.
- Man is more disposed to domination than freedom; and a structure of dominion not only gladdens the eye of the master who rears and protects…
- It is an absolutely vain endeavor to attempt to reconstruct or even comprehend the nature of a human being by simply knowing the forces which…
- A man must seek his happiness and inward peace from objects which cannot be taken away from him.
- To judge a man means nothing more than to ask: What content does he give to the form of humanity? What concept should we have…
- Besides the pleasure derived from acquired knowledge, there lurks in the mind of man, and tinged with a shade of sadness, an unsatisfactory longing for…
- No matter how good or great a man may be, there is yet a better and a greater man within him.
- Work is as much a necessity to man as eating and sleeping. Even those who do nothing that can be called work still imagine they…
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- 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
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