- Ignorance
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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
- Future
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- Nov 07, 2020
To-day it appears as though it may well be altogether abolished in the future as it has to some extent been mitigated in the past by the unceasing, and as it now appears, unlimited ascent of man to knowledge, and through knowledge to physical power and dominion over Nature.
- Know
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- Nov 07, 2020
It seems to me that man is made to act rather than to know: the principles of things escape our most persevering researches.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the past the man has been first; in the future the system must be first... The first object of any good system must be that of developing first class men.
- Long
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- Nov 07, 2020
Man is never always happy, and very often only a brief period of happiness is granted him in this world; so why escape from this dream which cannot last long?
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
No man can pass into eternity, for he is already in it.
- End
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- Nov 07, 2020
Man's liberty ends, and it ought to end, when that liberty becomes the curse of its neighbors.
- Decision
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- Nov 07, 2020
The decision of such judges as Claudius and his Senate is worth very little in the question of a man's innocence or guilt; but the sentence was that Seneca should be banished to the island of Corsica.
- Gambling
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- Nov 07, 2020
For although Claudius had been accused of gambling and drunkenness, not only were no worse sins laid to his charge, but he had successfully established some claim to being considered a learned man.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020
But in the life of every man there are influences of a far more real and penetrating character than those which come through the medium of schools or teachers.
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the past, war was confined for the most part to men in uniform, but with increased mechanization of armies and the introduction of air forces, there is an increased dependence on the home country, and eight to ten people working at home are now required to keep one man in the fighting line.
- Demonstrate
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is as impossible for man to demonstrate the existence of God as it would be for even Sherlock Holmes to demonstrate the existence of Arthur Conan Doyle.
- Done
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- Nov 07, 2020
Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
A man's character always takes its hue, more or less, from the form and color of things about him.
- Colored
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- Nov 07, 2020