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Fear; if allowed free rein, would reduce all of us to trembling shadows of men, for whom only death could bring release
The nearer we come to great men the more clearly we see that they are only men. They rarely seem great to their valets.
Think me not unkind and rude That I walk alone in grove and glen; I go to the god of the wood To fetch his word to men.
The doctrine that all men are, in any sense, or have been, at any time, free and equal, is an utterly baseless fiction.
This has always been a man's world, and none of the reasons that have been offered in explanation have seemed adequate.
You don't know who to believe. Like Abraham Lincoln. He said all men were created equal. He never went to a nude beach.
The unlettered man who prayed to his maker would be heard; the pedant reciting a faultless invocation would be ignored.
My old geometry teacher called me and he was like yo man you need to start wearing a shirt. You're ruining my marriage.
The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism, pursued to a certain point, bring men back to common sense.
Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent.
For as men in battle are continually in the way of shot, so we, in this world, are ever within the reach of Temptation.
The doctrine of human equality reposes on this: that there is no man really clever who has not found that he is stupid.
Knowledge is cosmic. It does not evolve or unfold in man. Man unfolds to an awareness of it. He gradually discovers it.
Until you prevail with God, you cannot prevail with men; your victory has to be spiritual first, before it is physical.
Converse, converse, CONVERSE, with living men, face to face, mind to mind-that is one of the best sources of knowledge.
The man who worries morning and night about the dandelions in the lawn will find great relief in loving the dandelions.
It belongs to the imperfection of everything human that man can only attain his desire by passing through its opposite.
There has never been a time when a career in the Penney Company was not a challenge that brought out the best in a man.
Living is the original art. As a young man I wanted to be a poet and I learned along the way that I already was a poet.
The spider's most attenuated thread Is cord, is cable, to man's tender tie On earthly bliss; it breaks at every breeze.
Men are so visual, they see a woman who appeals to them physically, and it will trigger the romantic love system faster.
When women are in positions of power it's a hard place to be, especially when that position involves bossing men around.
Today the function of psychiatry, psychology and psychoanalysis threatens to become the tool in the manipulation of man.
A plant is like a self-willed man, out of whom we can obtain all which we desire, if we will only treat him his own way.
Women talk about love and silent about lovers, men - on the contrary: Speaking of mistresses, but are silent about love.
Things on the essential list: vodka, Nine Inch Nails, a steady supply of mortal men, and an all-purpose bitchy attitude.
I'm with a man who's evolved enough to look at my body and see it as more beautiful because of the journey it has taken.
People vote their resentment, not their appreciation. The average man does not vote for anything, but against something.
Democracy is not tolerance. Democracy is a prescribed way of life erected on the premise that all men are created equal.
The most wonderful study of mankind is man. Relieving human suffering and diffusing universal knowledge is humanitarian.
To be perfectly just is an attribute of the divine nature; to be so to the utmost of our abilities, is the glory of man.
Since my dear soul was mistress of her choice And could of men distinguish her election, Sh'ath sealed thee for herself.
Whereas each man claims his freedom as a matter of right, the freedom he accords to other men is a matter of toleration.
Truly, men make too little use of their lives; and so it is no wonder that the world should still be in such a poor way.
It matters little whether a man be mathematically or philologically or artistically cultivated, so he be but cultivated.
Man reaches the highest point of lovableness at 12 to 17 - to get it back, in a second flowering, at the age of 70 to 90
To stand before men on behalf of God is one thing. To stand before God on behalf of men is something entirely different.
Man is by nature restless. When left too long in one place he will inevitably grow bored, unmotivated, and unproductive.
Two orders of mankind are the enemies of church and state; the king without clemency, and the holy man without learning.
We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause.
Old wives' tales are not enough in a day when old wives and old men, too, are constantly moving away from their labours.
Men who live like Casanova are seldom interested in themselves; their egocentricity does not give them time for egotism.
The swallow is not ensnared by men because of its gentle nature. [Lat., At caret insidiis hominum, quia mitis, hirundo.]
Women want a man who is sensitive, but god forbid you can't get it up after being frightened by a small woodland animal.
Man is the only creature endowed with the power of laughter; is he not also the only one that deserves to be laughed at?
We have all of us the two natures - the brother and the sister! Not one of us is quite woman - not one of us is all man!
When I was young they used to call me 'The Foreman,' not because I was in charge but because I did the work of four men.
I dare say the men would fight very well if properly officered, although they are an exceedingly dirty and nasty people.
You can become anything you want to be ... It's a matter of authority. Whatever a man's confidence, that's his capacity.
Psychologists are men with nothing in their own minds, searching in the minds of others for an idea-in order to kill it.