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The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous.

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By the fall a poison was handed to mankind through a woman [Eve], by the Redemption man was given salvation also through a woman [Mary].

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I wonder who it was defined man as a rational animal. It was the most premature definition ever given. Man is many things, but he is not rational.

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I believe that a man is converted when first he hears the low, vast murmur of life, of human life, troubling his hitherto unconscious self.

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The swallow is not ensnared by men because of its gentle nature. [Lat., At caret insidiis hominum, quia mitis, hirundo.]

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But I never again went through this street. There would be other men coming in this man's place and, ignorant of the incident, they would behave likewise. Why should I unnecessarily court another kick? I therefore selected a different walk.

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No man should so act as to make a gain out of the ignorance of another.

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The degree of blessing enjoyed by any man will correspond exactly with the completeness of God's victory over him.

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Men in a ship are always looking up, and men ashore are usually looking down.

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That a man lives is because he is straight. That a man who dupes others survives is because he has been fortunate enough to be spared.

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Men are cruel, but Man is kind.

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Genius is answerable only to itself; it is the sole judge of the means, since it alone knows the end; thus genius must consider itself as above the law, for it is the task of genius to remake the law; moreover the man who frees himself from his time and place may take everything, hazard everything, for everything is his by right.

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Men generally decide upon a middle course, which is most hazardous, for they know neither how to be entirely good nor entirely bad.

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it's not my business," Scrooge returned. "It's enough for a man to understand his own business, and not to interfere with other people's. Mine occupies me constantly.

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In the animal world no creature born to be a dove turns into a scavenger. This happens only among men.

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A sensible man ought to find sufficient company in himself.

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I have received delegations of working men who, apparently speaking with the utmost sincerity, have declared that they would regard it as a genuine hardship if they were deprived of their beer, for example.

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Too much liberty leads both men and nations to slavery.

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The only reason I send a single young man or woman in uniform anywhere in the world is because I think it's necessary to keep us safe.

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The more a man denies himself, the more shall he obtain from God.

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