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Men Quotes by Mikhail Bulgakov
- In order to be in control, you have to have a definite plan for at least a reasonable period of time. So how, may I…
- Remove the document—and you remove the man.
- Nobody should be whipped. Remember that, once and for all. Neither man nor animal can be influenced by anything but suggestion.
- Everything passes away-suffering,pain, blood, hunger,pestilence. The sword will pass away too, but the stars will remain when the shadows of our presence and our deeds…
- Yes, man is mortal, but that would be only half the trouble. The worst of it is that he's sometimes unexpectedly mortal—there's the trick!
- Punch a man on the nose, kick an old man downstairs, shoot somebody or any old thing like that, that’s my job. But argue with…
- Most bad," the host concluded. "If you ask me, something sinister lurks in men who avoid wine, games, the company of lovely women, and dinnertime…
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- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
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