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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
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is only one optimist. He has been here since man has been on this earth, and that is man himself. If we hadn't had such a magnificent optimism to carry us through all these things, we wouldn't be here. We have survived it on our optimism.
- Nothing
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- Nov 07, 2020
How man evolved with such an incredible reservoir of talent and such fantastic diversity isn't completely understood... he knows so little and has nothing to measure himself against.
- Expects
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- Nov 07, 2020
Man is used to the fact that there are languages which he does not at first understand and which must be learned, but because art is primarily visual he expects that he should get the message immediately and is apt to be affronted if he doesn't.
- King
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- Nov 07, 2020
Amongst the minds of animals that of man leads, not as a demigod from another planet, but as a king from the same race.
- Animals
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- Nov 07, 2020
From the lowest animals of which we can affirm intelligence up to man this type of intellect is found.
- Behavior
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- Nov 07, 2020
Psychology is the science of the intellects, characters and behavior of animals including man.
- Others
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- Nov 07, 2020
The real difference between a man's scientific judgments about himself and the judgment of others about him is he has added sources of knowledge.
- Growth
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- Nov 07, 2020
This growth in the number, speed of formation, permanence, delicacy and complexity of associations possible for an animal reaches its acme in the case of man.
- Nature
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- Nov 07, 2020
To the intelligent man with an interest in human nature it must often appear strange that so much of the energy of the scientific world has been spent on the study of the body and so little on the study of the mind.
- Pleasure
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- Nov 07, 2020
A man of pleasure is a man of pains.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
There is something universal in the theme of a man trying to save his family in the midst of the most terrible circumstances. It is not limited to Sierra Leone. This story could apply to any number of places where ordinary people have been caught up in political events beyond their control.
- Life
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- Nov 07, 2020