- Conflict
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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.
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- Being
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- Nov 07, 2020
Surely God would not have created such a being as man, with an ability to grasp the infinite, to exist only for a day! No, no, man was made for immortality.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is the man who'll get me a book I ain't read.
- Lips
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- Nov 07, 2020
The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed.
- Dog
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- Nov 07, 2020
I care not much for a man's religion whose dog and cat are not the better for it.
- Home
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- Nov 07, 2020
In so far as the government lands can be disposed of, I am in favor of cutting up the wild lands into parcels so that every poor man may have a home.
- Children
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- Nov 07, 2020
The man who could go to Africa and rob her of her children, and then sell them into interminable bondage, with no other motive than that which is furnished by dollars and cents, is so much worse than the most depraved murderer that he can never receive pardon at my hand.
- Character
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
- Proud
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to see a man proud of the place in which he lives. I like to see a man live so that his place will be proud of him.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020