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Men Quotes by Gilbert Murray
- The life and liberty and property and happiness of the common man throughout the world are at the absolute mercy of a few persons whom…
- A machine is a great moral educator. If a horse or a donkey won’t go, men lose their tempers and beat it; if a machine…
- The average beast of prey is a decent creature who merely kills for the sake of food or in a fight against an enemy. It…
- Be careful in dealing with a man who cares nothing for comfort or promotion, but is simply determined to do what he believes to be…
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