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Men Quotes by George Edward Woodberry
- What faith in man must in our new world beat, Thinking how once he saw before his face The west and all the host of…
- What holy cities are to nomadic tribes — a symbol of race and a bond of union — great books are to the wandering souls…
- I believe that ideal character in its perfection is potentially in every man who is born into the world.
- Our understanding of Shakespeare already depends largely on the vitality of Renaissance elements in our education. Each man must live in his own generation, as…
- The Greeks, those originators of the intellectual life, fixed for us the idea of the poet. He was a divine man; more sacred than the…
- The language of literature is the language of all the world. It is necessary to divest ourselves at once of the notion of diversified vocal…
- From the beginning, about the rude altar of the god, to the days of Goethe, of Leopardi, and of Victor Hugo, the poet is the…
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- 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