A Quotes
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“A man does not show his greatness by being at one extremity, but rather by touching both at once.”
“A man does not sin by commission only, but often by omission.”
“A man does not truly understand his limitations until he has tested them.”
Source: In Conquest Born
“A man does not try to find out what is inside.
He does not try to scratch the surface.
If he did he might find something much more beautiful than the shape of a nose or the color of an eye.”
“A man does not wonder at what he sees frequently, even though he be ignorant of the reason. If anything happens which he has not seen before, he calls it a prodigy.”
“A man does only a man’s work. A female artist must be a superwoman, someone of two selves. One performs the work she is called by God to do while the other fulfills the womanly obligations our culture sets upon her.”
“A man does what he can for honor, but honor cannot be remembered if all who remember honor are dead.
Sir Godfrey - Captain of the York Roses
Justice of the Root”
Source: Justice of the Root - Order of the Rose 2
“A man does what he can; a woman does what a man cannot.”
“A man doesn't get married for fear of becoming a wife.”
“A man doesn't have to agree with his government to be a patriot, does he? It takes a true patriot to dissent, to say he loves his country more than he cares for his own place in the social order. I've been vilified for my choice, forced into hiding, banished from Idris. But I am - I will always be - Nephilim.”
Source: City of Ashes
“A man doesn't know his true strength until he fears for his life”
Source: Blood Song
“A man doesn't know till he tries it how killing uncongenial work is, and how it destroys the power of doing what one's fit for, even if there's time for both.”
Source: The Custom of the Country
“A man doesn't know what to offer, yet they remain the best in the side world”
“A man doesn't want to be rejected. We're really quite sensitive.
'Sensitive?' She laughed, her head on one side. 'Sensitive egos you mean. Never met a man who didn't have one of those.”
Source: Shattered Sky
“A man doesn't amount to something because he has been successful at a third-rate career like journalism. It is evidence, that's all: evidence that if he buckled down and worked hard, he might some day do something really worth doing.”
“A man doesn't begin to attain wisdom until he recognizes he is no longer indispensable.”
Source: Alone: The Classic Polar Adventure
“A man doesn't borrow pieces of his body. A building doesn't borrow hunks of its soul. Its maker gives it the soul and every wall, window and stairway to express it.”
Source: Ayn Rand Reader
“A man doesn't cry. In my life, I've never cried. I cannot do it. I am a man. How will I cry?”
“A man doesn't go to drink coffee after climbing, coffee is integral part of the climbing.”
“A man doesn't grow old because he has lived a certain number of years. A man grows old when he deserts his ideal. The years may wrinkle his skin, but deserting his ideal wrinkles his soul.”
Source: The Ragamuffin Gospel: Good News for the Bedraggled, Beat-Up, and Burnt Out
“A man doesn't have to be alive to start the fires of revolution.”
Source: Light Of Eidon (Legends of the Guardian-King Book #1)
“A man doesn't have to have all the answers; children will teach him how to parent them, and in the process will teach him everything he needs to know about life.”
“A man doesn't have vacation problems: his boss tells him when to take them, and his wife tells him where.”
“A man doesn't know what happiness is until he's married. By then it's too late.”
“A man doesn't know what he knows until he knows what he doesn't know.”
“A man doesn't learn to understand anything unless he loves it.”
“A man doesn't need a study to know if he's feeling amorous. There is no such thing as a placebo erection.”
“A man doesn't need brilliance or genius, all he needs is energy.”
“A man doesn't need to be flawless to be a perfect father, but the commitment to his family is a precious responsibility.”
“a man doesn't prove he's a man by getting an erection. He's only a real man if he can pleasure a woman. And if he can pleasure a prostitute, he'll think he's the best lover on the block" -Nyah”
“A man doesn't realize how much he can stand until he is put to the test. You can stand far more than you think you can. You are much stronger than you think you are.”
“A man doesn't require the approval of others. He's willing to follow his heart wherever it leads him. When a man is following his heart-centered path, it's of little consequence if the entire world is against him.”
“A man doesn't save a century, or a civilization, but a militant party wedded to a principle can.”
“A man doesn't say I will starve myself to death to keep from starving, or that he'd spend all of his money to save money. Why should he be willing to die for the privilege of living?”
“A man doesn't wasnt to feel that a woman cares more for him than he cares for her. He doesn't want to feel owned, body and soul. It's that damned possessive attitude. This man is mine---he belongs to me! He wants to get away --- to get free. He wants to own his woman; he doesn't want her to own him.(Simon Boyle)”
Source: Five complete Hercule Poirot novels
“A man don't need to act tough if he is. Men that put on a show are spineless more often than not.”
Source: The Goon, Volume 10: Death's Greedy Comeuppance
“A man don't always have to eat what he's standing life. If he wants, a man can fix a meal of his own choosing.”
“A man doubted that the emperor was descended from the gods; he asserted that the emperor was our rightful sovereign, he did not doubt the emperor's divine mission (that was evident to him), it was only the divine descent that he doubted. This, naturally, did not cause much of a stir; when the surf flings a drop of water on to the land, that does not interfere with the eternal rolling of the sea, on the contrary, it is caused by it.
(Ein Mann bezweifelte die gõttliche Sendung des Kaisers, er behauptete, der Kaiser sei mit Recht unser oberster Herr, bezweifelte nicht die gõttliche Sendung des Kaisers, die war ihm sichtbar, nur die gõttliche Abstammung bezweifelte er. Viel Aufsehen machte das naturlich nicht; wenn die Brandung einen Wassertropfen ans Land wirft, stõrt das nicht den ewigen Wellengang des Meeres, es ist vielmehr von ihm bedingt.)”
Source: Parables and Paradoxes
“A man dove in front of her, tackling the wolf and rolling with it. Sir Tristan. The wolf clamped down on his forearm, breaking through the leather. Sir Tristan shouted with as much fury as the wolf's growls. He threw it free. Then he ran to Guinevere, picked her up, and tossed her into Arthur's waiting arms.”
Source: The Guinevere Deception
“A man dreams of a miracle and wakes up to loaves of bread.”
Source: All quiet on the western front
“A man eager to climb famous mountains must have the patience to follow a winding path. A man eager to eat bear's paw must have the patience to simmer it slowly. A man eager to watch the moonlight must have the patience to wait until midnight. A man eager to see a beautiful woman must have the patience to let her finish her toilette. Reading requires patience too.”
Source: Strange Tales from a Chinese Studio
“A man-eater is a rare phenomenon in tigers, those are humongous gentle beings that prey on humans only on dire necessity when humans have completely exterminated their habitat. Give it an inch to walk away, and it will, even with the slightest intimidation or scare, the predatory instinct kicks in and tails wags up with short rushes and terrible roars. To hunt is a nature sport commenced on us but when animals kill us we call it an act of ferocity.”
“A man either lives life as it happens to him, meets it head-on and licks it, or he turns his back on it and starts to wither away.”
“A man endures misfortune without complaint.”
“A man enjoys the happiness he feels, a woman the happiness she gives.”
Source: Les Liaisons Dangereuses
“A man exercising no forethought will soon experience present sorrow.”
“A man faced death, but when death drew back forgot it until the next time.”
Source: The Sword of the Spirits
“A man- faerie-of few words. I had killed his friend, was an unwanted guest. I wouldn't want to talk to me, either.”
Source: A Court of Thorns and Roses
“A man falling into dark waters seeks a momentary footing even on sliding stones.”
Source: Silas Marner: Literary Touchstone Edition
“A man falling off a cliff to certain death will stretch out a hand even to his worst enemy.”
Source: Lord of Chaos: Book Six of 'The Wheel of Time'