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- Nov 07, 2020
Man Quotes
Short lines on character, patience and what it means to be a man.
This is a smaller, general collection of quotes touching on manhood, character and patience. One well-known line uses golf as an example, a test of temperament disguised as a leisure game, to make a wider point about what reveals a man's spirit. For steadier, values-driven lines, see our Good quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Consecrated
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- Nov 07, 2020
One may as well dam for water tanks the people's cathedrals and churches, for no holier temple has ever been consecrated by the heart of man.
- Favored
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- Nov 07, 2020
The forests of America, however slighted by man, must have been a great delight to God; for they were the best he ever planted. The whole continent was a garden, and from the beginning, it seemed to be favored above all the other wild parks and gardens of the globe.
- Eating
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- Nov 07, 2020
Man seems to be the only animal whose food soils him, making necessary much washing and shield-like bibs and napkins. Moles living in the earth and eating slimy worms are yet as clean as seals or fishes, whose lives are one perpetual wash.
- Lie
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- Nov 07, 2020
It seems strange that bears, so fond of all sorts of flesh, running the risks of guns and fires and poison, should never attack men except in defense of their young. How easily and safely a bear could pick us up as we lie asleep! Only wolves and tigers seem to have learned to hunt man for food, and perhaps sharks and crocodiles.
- Nov 07, 2020
Where does a man get inspiration to write a song like that? Well, he gets it from the landlady once a month.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
At first I threw my weight upon my heels, as one does naturally in a boot, and was a good deal bruised, but after a few hours I learned the natural walk of man, and could follow my guide in any portion of the island.
- Deeds
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- Nov 07, 2020
The superior man acquaints himself with many sayings of antiquity and many deeds of the past, in order to strengthen his character thereby.
- God
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- Nov 07, 2020
Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature, God's image, but thee who destroys a good book, kills reason its self.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
No man who knows aught, can be so stupid to deny that all men naturally were born free.
- Hero
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- Nov 07, 2020
No man is a hero in his own country.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020