A Quotes
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“A man carries around a stick to protect himself from street dogs. He doesn't realize that the stick is the reason why dogs become suspicious of him and bark at him.
This circle of absurdity is behind every deep attachment (not love). We get attached to those who solve the problems that they indirectly cause in the first place.”
“A man carries out suggestions the more wholeheartedly when he understands their aim.”
“A man carries within him the germ of his most exceptional action; and if we wise people make eminent fools of ourselves on any particular occasion, we must endure the legitimate conclusion that we carry a few grains of folly to our ounce of wisdom.”
Source: Adam Bede
“A man ceases to be a beginner in any given science and becomes a master in that science when he has learned that... he is going to be a beginner all his life.”
“A man ceases to be an honest doubter the moment he refuses one way of getting at the truth because he does not like that way.”
Source: Bringing Sons Unto Glory: Studies in the Life of Our Lord
“A man change when he is converted.”
“A man chooses...a slave obeys.”
“A man cleared his throat and said he in a deep voice,
“You won, Psoas, and you should have left it at that.”
It was Hades, Lord of the Underworld.
Psoas had meant to return to his tent,
but instead he was hoisted up in the air,
the dark lord holding him tightly by the scrotum,
his fist a hard ball and his knuckles white.”
Source: Son of Nobody
“A man climbs a mountain because it is there. An artist makes a work of art because it is not there.”
“A man coined to superlative must expect that his every statement will be taken with some caution”
“A man comes to measure his greatness by the regrets, envies and hatreds of his competitors.”
Source: Representative Men: Seven Lectures
“A man comes walking north. He carries a sack, the first sack, containing provisions for the road and some implements. The man is strong and rough-hewn, with a red lion beard and little scars on face and hands, sites of old wounds--were they gotten at work or in a fight? Maybe he has been in jail and wants to go into hiding, or perhaps he is a philosopher looking for peace; in any case, here he comes, a human being in the midst of this immense solitude. He walks and walks, in a silence broken by neither bird nor beast.”
Source: Growth of the Soil
“A man commented to his lunch companion: My wife had a funny dream last night. She dreamed she'd married a millionaire. You're lucky, sighed the companion. My wife dreams that in the daytime.”
“A man complained that on his way home to dinner he had every day to pass through that long field of his neighbor's. I advised him to buy it, and it would never seem long again.”
Source: Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks: 1847-1848
“A man compounded of law and gospel is able to cheat a whole country with his religion and then destroy them under color of law”
Source: A Benjamin Franklin Reader
“A man conforms to his situation, or it conforms to him. A strong and inspirational man does the latter...”
“A man conquers his fears by growing in faith.”
“A Man consumes the Time you make him Wait In thinking of your Faults-so don't be late!”
Source: A Poet's Proverbs: Being Mirthful, Sober, and Fanciful Epigrams on the Universe, with Certain Old Irish Proverbs, All in Rhymed Complets
“A man contains all that is needed to make up a tree; likewise, a tree contains all that is needed to make up a man. Thus, finally, all things meet in all things, but we need a Prometheus to distill it.”
“A man content to go to heaven alone will never go to heaven.”
“A man convicted of murder is twenty times more likely than a woman convicted of murder to receive the death penalty. Since the 1976 reinstatement of the death penalty, 120 men and only 1 woman have actually been executed. The woman, from North Carolina, said she preferred to be executed. In North Carolina, a man who commits second-degree murder receives a sentence on average of 12.6 years longer than a woman who commits second-degree murder.”
“A man convinced against his will is not convinced.”
“A man convinced against his will
Is of the same opinion still”
Source: How to win friends & influence people
“A man convinced against his will, stands opposed ever still. A man convinced he is right, gives the effort twice the fight.”
“A man convinced of his own merit will accept misfortune as an honor, for thus can he persuade others, as well as himself, that he is a worthy target for the arrows of fate.”
“A man could be a lover and defender of the wilderness without ever in his lifetime leaving the boundaries of asphalt, powerlines, and right-angled surfaces. We need wilderness whether or not we ever set foot in it. We need a refuge even though we may never need to set foot in it. We need the possibility of escape as surely as we need hope; without it the life of the cities would drive all men into crime or drugs or psychoanalysis.”
Source: Desert Solitaire
“A man could be in a throne and have no attachment at all; another one could be in rags and have many attachments.”
“A man could break a woman's heart with that reply, and Meilan had to tell herself she was lucky that she had not had a heart for all of her adult life.”
Source: Gold Boy, Emerald Girl
“A man could get used to anything if he had to.”
Source: I Am Legend
“A man could love only what he respected, not pitied.”
Source: State of War
“A man could lust after many different things. It was an imbalance of character that made him put his own self-interest above decency, integrity, and fairness.”
Source: Rise of the Tong: A LitRPG
“A man could not always be where he belonged, though.”
Source: George R. R. Martin's A Game of Thrones 5-Book Boxed Set (Song of Ice and Fire Series): A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, A Feast for Crows, and and A Dance with Dragons
“A man could not be in two places at the same time unless he were a bird.”
“A man could rant and smash and grapple with the State Police, and still the sprinklers whirled at dusk on every lawn and the television droned in every living room.”
“A man could spend the rest of his life trying to remember what he shouldn't have said.”
“A man could waste his life worrying, that was all too clear. Sometimes you simply had to choose and shrug, however it came out, knowing that you could not have done more with the bones you were given.”
Source: The Khan Series: Genghis: Birth of an Empire / Genghis: Bones of the Hills / Genghis: Lords of the Bow / Khan: Empire of Silver / Conqueror
“A man couldn't do what he did. He's a monster."
I laughed. "Ain't no monster. Monsters ain't real 'cept in kids' imaginations, under the beds, in the closets. We live in a world a' men and there ain't no good come out of tellin' them they monsters. Makes 'em think they ain't done nothin' wrong, that it's their nature and they can't do nothin' to change that. Callin' em a monster makes 'em something different from the rest of us, but they ain't. They just men, flesh and bone and blood.”
Source: The Wolf Road
“A man craves ultimate truths. Every mortal mind, I think, is that way. But what is ultimate truth? It's the end of the road, where there is no more mystery, no more hope. And no more questions to ask, since all the answers have been given. But there is no such place.
The Universe is a labyrinth made of labyrinths. Each leads to another. And wherever we cannot go ourselves, we reach with mathematics. Out of mathematics we build wagons to carry us into the nonhuman realms of the world.”
Source: Fiasco
“A man crawls into a tomb to die. A boy crawls in to live. You think that's chance?”
Source: The Outsiders (Gods and Warriors Book 1)
“A man decides his course in the circumstance.”
“A man deep-wounded may feel too much pain To feel much anger.”
“A man defines his standing at the court of chastity by his views of women.”
Source: Tablets
“A man defying an extinct volcano is only declaring his cowardice!”
“A man demonstrates his rationality, not by a commitment to fixed ideas, stereotyped procedures, or immutable concepts, but by the manner in which, and the occasions on which, he changes those ideas, procedures, and concepts.”
“A man descending is propelled by inertia; the only initiative left him is whether or not he decides to enjoy the passing scene.”
“A man deserves a second chance, but keep an eye on him.”
“A man deserves credit when he accomplishes something of importance. Something that provides for the betterment of his life and his family's life and, whenever possible, mankind.”
Source: Z: A Novel of Zelda Fitzgerald
“A man desires praise that he may be reassured, that he may be quit of his doubting of himself; he is indifferent to applause when he is confident of success.”
“A man destined to hang can never drown”
“A man develops a subtle power as a result of the strict observance of celibacy for twelve years. Then he can understand and grasp very subtle things which otherwise elude his intellect. Through that understanding the aspirant can have direct vision of God. That pure understanding alone enables him to realize Truth.”