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Men Quotes by Christopher Paolini
- After all, how can a mere dragon expect to tell a man like yourself what to do? In fact, everyone should stand in awe of…
- Let no man, in whatever rank or superiority, control your mind and tell you what to do
- It's amazing that a man who is dead can talk to people through these pages. As long as this books survives, his ideas live.
- First, let no one rule your mind or body. Take special care that your thoughts remain unfettered... . Give men your ear, but not your…
- Only men would think of cutting themselves to determine who the packleader is. Idiots.
- My mind is the only sanctuary that has not been stolen from me. Men have tried to breach it before, but I've learned to defend…
- Who is it who decides that one man should live and another should die? My life wasn't worth any more than his, but he's the…
- A man rarely knows the day and hour when he will die. I could be killed any moment and there's not a blasted thing I…
- In El-harím, there lived a man, a man with yellow eyes. To me, he said, "Beware the whispers, for they whisper lies. Do not wrestle…
- I agree that it's important to be of a virtuous nature, but I would also contend that if you had to choose between giving a…
- It is an overactive imagination that turns men into cowards, not a surfeit of fear, as many believe
- Let no one rule your mind or body take special care your thoughts remain unfettered. One may be a free man yet be bound tighter…
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- 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