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He was very much a man of moods, possibly owing to what is styled the artistic temperment. I have never seen, myself, why the possession of artistic ability should be supposed to excuse a man from a decent exercise of self-control.

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First, in the history of words there is much that indicates the history of men, and in comparing the speech of to-day with that ofyears ago, we have a useful illustration of the effect of external influences on the very words of a race.

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The mind's the standard of the man.

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For neither birth, nor wealth, nor honors, can awaken in the minds of men the principles which should guide those who from their youth aspire to an honorable and excellent life, as Love awakens them

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He, O men, is the wisest, who, like Socrates, knows that his wisdom is in truth worth nothing.

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Let me go: take back thy gift: Why should a man desire in any way To vary from the kindly race of men, Or pass beyond the goal of ordinance Where all should pause, as is most meet for all? ...Why wilt thou ever scare me with thy tears, And make me tremble lest a saying learnt, In days far-off, on that dark earth, be true? ‘The Gods themselves cannot recall their gifts.’ - Tithonus

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Rich men are resolved to be astonished at nothing. When they see a masterpiece, they must needs at one glance recognize some flaw to dispense them from admiration, a vulgar emotion.

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So shall the world go on, To good malignant, to bad men benign, Under her own weight groaning.

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Therefore God's universal law Gave to the man despotic power Over his female in due awe, Not from that right to part an hour, Smile she or lour.

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Christmas is a poor excuse every 25th of December to pick a man's pockets.

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The ideal man is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy.

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Another fact that doesn't exactly brighten up our days is that Mr. Van Maaren, the man who works in the warehouse, is getting suspicious about the Annex.

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The nobler sort of man emphasizes the good qualities in others, and does not accentuate the bad. The inferior does.

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A man's true wealth is the good he does in the world.

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The liberty of conscience, which above all other things ought to be to all men dearest and most precious.

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I have lived too long to cherish many illusions about the essential high-mindedness of men when brought into stark confrontation with the issue of control over their security, and their property interests.

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The man of least capacity is the one who shows himself incapable of self-correction.

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He was the proudest, most disagreeable man in the world, and every body hoped that he would never come there again.

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If a superior man abandon virtue, how can he fulfil the requirements of that name?

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There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times.

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