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  • Know, O beloved, that man was not created in jest or at random, but marvelously made and for some great end. Although he is not form everlasting, yet he lives for ever; and though his body is mean and earthly, yet his spirit is lofty and divine
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Al-Ghazali Quotes , Mean Quotes , Men Quotes
  • Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin among the great number who are not good. Hence a prince who wants to keep his authority must learn how not to be good, and use that knowledge, or refrain from using it, as necessity requires.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Niccolo Machiavelli Quotes , Men Quotes , Numbers Quotes
  • When men are about to commit, or sanction the commission of some injustice, it is not uncommon for them to express pity for the object either of that or some parallel proceeding, and to feel themselves, at the time, quite virtuous and moral, and immensely superior to those who express no pity at all. This is a kind of upholding of faith above works, and is very comfortable.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Charles Dickens Quotes , Faith Quotes , Men Quotes
  • I expect nothing of man, and disown the race. The only folly is expecting what is never attained; man is most contemptible when compared with his own pretensions. It is better to laugh at man from outside the universe, than to weep for him within.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : H. P. Lovecraft Quotes , Men Quotes , Race Quotes
  • I am myself so exceedingly Nordic, as far as physical constitution is concerned, that I can enjoy almost any weather except what is called glorious weather. At the end of a few days, I am left wondering how the men of the Mediterranean ever managed to do almost all the most active and astonishing things that have been done.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Gilbert K. Chesterton Quotes , Men Quotes , Weather Quotes
  • Russian forests crash down under the axe, billions of trees are dying, the habitations of animals and birds are laid waste, rivers grow shallow and dry up, marvelous landscapes are disappearing forever.... Man is endowed with creativity in order to multiply that which has been given him; he has not created, but destroyed. There are fewer and fewer forests, rivers are drying up, wildlife has become extinct, the climate is ruined, and the earth is becoming ever poorer and uglier.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Anton Chekhov Quotes , Creativity Quotes , Men Quotes