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“For, besides what has been said, it should be borne in mind that the temper of the multitude is fickle, and that while it…

— Niccolò Machiavelli

“But I am well aware of the excuse which men, ever ingenious in devising mischief to themselves as well as others, offer in extenuation…

— Anonymous

“The idealist withdrew himself, because he could not suffer the jostling of the human crowd; he had not the strength to fight and so…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“Men prickle for so many reasons it is often impossible to know what provokes them on any given occasion.”

— Sara Poole

“Those who possessed the highest (sense of) propriety were (always seeking) to show it, and when men did not respond to it, they bared…

— Lao Tzu

“Sometimes even if he has to do it alone, and his conduct seems to be crazy, a man must set an example, and so…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“...men unite against none so readily as against those whom they see attempting to rule over them.”

— Xenophon

“Too high for common selfishness, he could At times resign his own for others’ good, But not in pity, not because he ought, But…

— Lord Byron

“All of man's life among his kind is nothing other than a battle to seize the ear of others.”

— Milan Kundera

“He felt that he must at all costs hold onto the knowledge that these men were unalterable enemies; for already he felt the old…

— C.S. Lewis

“In spite of the momentary desire he had just been feeling for company of any sort, on being actually spoken to he felt immediately…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“He and I were both dominant beings and to submit to each other was our war of attrition; giving up everything we were to…

— Sarah Michelle Lynch