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- Extremes in nature equal ends produce; In man they join to some mysterious use.
- Men would be angels, angels would be gods.
- Not to go back is somewhat to advance, and men must walk, at least, before they dance.
- Of Manners gentle, of Affections mild; In Wit a man; Simplicity, a child.
- Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below.
- Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.
- Never was it given to mortal man - To lie so boldly as we women can.
- Pride is still aiming at the best houses: Men would be angels, angels would be gods. Aspiring to be gods, if angels fell; aspiring to…
- Of all the causes which conspire to blind Man's erring judgement, and misguide the mind, What the weak head with strongest bias rules, Is PRIDE,…
- Fair tresses man's imperial race ensnare; And beauty draws us with a single hair.
- Why has not Man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason, Man is not a Fly. Say what the use, were finer optics giv'n, T'…
- The fate of all extremes is such: men may be read, as well as books, too much.
- The hungry judges soon the sentence sign, and wretches hang that jury-men may dine
- Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake.
- In men we various ruling passions find, In women, two almost divide the kind; Those, only fixed, they first orlast obey, The love of pleasure,…
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- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- 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
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle