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Men Quotes by David Foster Wallace
- Look, man, we'd probably most of us agree that these are dark times, and stupid ones, but do we need fiction that does nothing but…
- You have wondered, perhaps, why all real accountants wear hats? They are today's cowboys. As will you be. Riding the American range. Riding herd on…
- This is so American, man: either make something your God and cosmos and then worship it, or else kill it.
- When they were introduced, he made a witticism, hoping to be liked. She laughed extremely hard, hoping to be liked. Then each drove home alone,…
- So yo then man what's your story?
- Tell them there are no holes for your fingers in the masks of men. Tell them how could you ever even hope to love what…
- K--: 'When they say "I am my own person," "I do not need a man," "I am responsible for my own sexuality," they are actually…
- The man who knows his limitations, has none.
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- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- 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