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Men Quotes by William Lyon Phelps
- The teacher should make a concerted effort never to lose his temper in the presence of the class. If a man, he may take refuge…
- If happiness truly consisted in physical ease and freedom from care the happiest, individual would not be either a man or a woman it; it…
- The highest happiness on earth is marriage. Every man who is happily married is a successful man even if he has failed in everything else.
- Herein lies the real value of education. Advanced education may or may not make men and women more efficient; but it enriches personality, increases the…
- To a man the greatest blessing is individual liberty; to a dog it is the last word in despair.
- God speaks to me not through the thunder and the earthquake, nor through the ocean and the stars, but through the Son of Man, and…
- The amazing activity of the cat is delicately balanced by his capacity for relaxation. Every household should contain a cat, not only for decorative and…
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