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Men Quotes by Isak Dinesen
- What is man, when you come to think upon him, but a minutely set, ingenious machine for turning with infinite artfulness, the red wine of…
- Man reaches the highest point of lovableness at 12 to 17 - to get it back, in a second flowering, at the age of 70…
- Man and woman are two locked caskets, of which each contains the key to the other.
- What is life when you come to think upon it, but a most excellent, accurately set, infinitely complicated machine for turning fat playful puppies into…
- In the mind and nature of a man a secret is an ugly thing, like a hidden physical defect.
- It's an odd feeling-farewell-there is some envy in it. Men go off to be tested for courage and if we're tested at all, it's for…
- There is a particular hapiness in giving a man whom you like very much, good food that you have cooked yourself.
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