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Men Quotes by Saint Basil
- A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and…
- Many a man curses the rain that falls upon his head, and knows not that it brings abundance to drive away the hunger.
- Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors?
- If every man took only what was sufficient for his needs, leaving the rest to those in want, there would be no rich and no…
- What is there astonishing in the death of a mortal? But we are grieved at his dying before his time. Are we sure that this…
- [Every disappointment or misfortune can become a blessing in disguise, for which we should be grateful. But only if the hidden blessing is anticipated, expected…
- O God, enlarge within us the sense of fellowship with all living things, even our brothers, the animals, to whom Thou gavest the earth as…
- Who is the covetous man? One for whom plenty is not enough.
- Extirpate two thoughts within thyself: do not consider thyself worthy of anything great, and do not think that any other man is much lower than…
- Troubles are usually the brooms and shovels that smooth the road to a good man's fortune.
- I reckon silence more profitable than speech, for? in the words of the Preacher, 'The words of wise men are heard in quiet' (Eccles. 9:17).
- To Whom does our God say, 'in our image' (Gen. 1:26), to whom if it is not to Him who is 'the brightness of His…
- If men are in a state in which they find it hard to be weaned from their own ways and choose rather to serve the…
- Men whose sense of taste is destroyed by sickness, sometimes think honey sour. A diseased eye does not see many things which do exist, and…
- We men are easily prone to sins of thought. Therefore, He who has formed each heart individually, knowing that the impulse received from the intention…
- By nature, men desire the beautiful.
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- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
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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