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Men Quotes by Lawrence Durrell
- The whole Mediterranean, the sculpture, the palm, the gold beads, the bearded heroes, the wine, the ideas, the ships, the moonlight, the winged gorgons, the…
- The memory of man is as old as misfortune
- The artist's work constitutes the only satisfactory relationship he can have with his fellow men since he seeks his real friends among the dead and…
- Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened.
- A woman's best love letters are always written to the man she is betraying.
- after all the work of the philosophers on his soul and the doctors on his body, what can we really say we know about a…
- Odd, isn't it? He really was the right man for her in a sort of way; but then as you know, it is a law…
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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