A Quotes
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“A man who does not have control over his tongue loses control over his life.”
Source: Body Shaming : Reclaiming Your Confidence.
“A man who does not know how to have a relationship of friendship with a woman - I'm not talking about misogynists, who are sick - well, he's a man who is missing something.”
“A man who does not lick his lips, can he blame the harmattan for drying them?”
Source: Hopes and impediments: selected essays
“A man who does not like power will suffer from its cruelty.”
Source: Empress
“A man who does not lose his reason over certain things has none to lose.”
“A man who does not make mistakes does not make anything”
“A man who does not read miss great wisdom.”
“A man who does not respect his enemies hastens to his grave.”
“A man who does not think and plan long ahead will find trouble right at his door.”
Source: The wisdom of Confucius
“A man who does not think for himself does not think at all.”
Source: Aphorisms
“A man who does not think for himself does not think at all. It is grossly selfish to require of one's neighbour that he should think in the same way, and hold the same opinions. Why should he? If he can think, he will probably think differently. If he cannot think, it is monstrous to require thought of any kind from him.”
Source: The Artist as Critic: Critical Writings of Oscar Wilde
“A man who does not trust himself will never really trust anybody.”
“A man who does nothing never has time to do anything”
“A man who doesn't consult with his wife is operating at half potential.”
“A man who doesn’t deny being weak at a certain moment is the strongest.”
“A man who doesn’t promise, but simply shows. A woman who doesn’t ask, but quietly knows, is rare.”
“A man who doesn’t respect his own words makes it hard for him to be respected.”
“A Man who doesn't want to justify himself after being falsely accused, is apparently at Fault — or he has been accused falsely so often that he doesn't have any more Lust giving Attention to Slanderers.”
“A man who doesn't detest a bad government is a fool. And if there were such a thing as a good government on earth, it would be a great joy to serve it.”
Source: The Left Hand of Darkness
“A man who doesn't dream is like a man who doesn't sweat. He stores up a lot of poison.”
Source: The Grass Harp
“A man who doesn't drink is not, in my opinion, fully a man.”
“A man who doesn't make you feel special, wanted or important would make a very poor husband.”
“A man who doesn't say what he means or do what he says, craves attention and misuses it when he gets it, doesn't share what he knows and earns,deserves death.”
Source: The Sister Souljah Collection #1: The Coldest Winter Ever; Midnight, A Gangster Love Story; and Midnight and the Meaning of Love
“A man who doesn't spend time with his family can never be a real man.”
“A man who doesn't think differently from his time and environment can't grow beyond his time and environment.”
“A man who doesn't trust himself can never really trust anyone else.”
“A man who doles out sweets, and slaps, with the same hand.”
“A man who doubts himself shouldn't have to try too hard for too long, not until he's seasoned.”
Source: The Stand
“A man who dreads trials and difficulties cannot become a revolutionary. If he is to become a revolutionary with an indomitable fighting spirit, he must be tempered in the arduous struggle from his youth. As the saying goes, early training means more than late earning.”
Source: The Present Times and the Tasks Facing Young People: Talk to the Senior Officials of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, October 12, 1988
“A man who dreams, and knows that he is dreaming, thinks he knows what waking is; but knows it so little, that he mistakes, one after another, many a vague and dim change in his dream for an awaking. When the true waking comes at last, he is filled and overflowed with the power of its reality. So, likewise, one who, in the darkness, lies waiting for the light about to be struck, and trying to conceive, with all the force of his imagination, what the light will be like, is yet, when the reality flames up before him, seized as by a new and unexpected thing, different from and beyond all his imagining. He feels as if the darkness were cast to an infinite distance behind him.”
Source: The Portent
“A man who drinks only water has a secret to hide from his fellow men.”
Source: Artificial Paradise: On Hashish and Wine as Means of Expanding Individuality
“A man who drinks too much on occasion is still the same man as he was sober. An alcoholic, a real alcoholic, is not the same man at all. You can't predict anything about him for sure except that he will be someone you never met before.”
Source: The Long Goodbye: A Novel
“A man who embarks on a journey must know when to end it.”
Source: House of the Tiger King, Dyslexic edition
“A man who envies our family is a man who needs help.”
“A man who examines each subject from a philosophical standpoint cannot neglect them: he has to omit nothing, and state the truth about each topic.”
“A man who examines the saddle and bridle and not the animal itself when he is out to buy a horse is a fool; similarly, only an absolute fool values a man according to his clothes, or according to his position, which after all is only something we wear like clothing.”
“A man who excels in creating new things is the one who is good at dreaming when not sleeping.”
“A man who experiences no genuine satisfaction in life does not want peace. Men court war to escape meaninglessness and boredom, to be relieved of fear and frustration.”
“A man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated, has not the art of getting drunk.”
“A man who fails well is greater than one who succeeds badly.”
Source: No Man Is an Island
“A man who falls straight into bed night after night, and ceases to live until the moment when he wakes and rises, will surely never dream of making, I don't say great discoveries, but even minor observations about sleep. He scarcely knows that he is asleep. A little insomnia is not without its value in making us appreciate sleep, in throwing a ray of light upon that darkness.”
Source: In Search of Lost Time, Volume IV: Sodom and Gomorrah (A Modern Library E-Book)
“A man who farts in bed . . . is a man who loves life.”
“A man who fears change worships his chains.”
“A man who fears God is careful about his integrity all the time, while a person who fears punishment of the State is careful only when there is a likelihood of being caught and punished.”
Source: Myths are Real, Reality is a Myth
“A man who fears not God, will break all his laws with an easy conscience, but one who is the favorite of heaven, who has been indulged to sit at royal banquets, who knows the eternal love of God to him, cannot bear that there should be any evil way in him that might grieve the Spirit and bring dishonor to the name of Christ. A very little sin, as the world calls it, is a very great sin to a truly awakened Christian.”
“A man who fears nothing is a man who loves nothing; and if you love nothing, what joy is there in your life?”
“A man who fears ridicule will never go far, for good or ill: he remains on this side of this talents, and even if he has genius, he is doomed to mediocrity.”
Source: The Trouble with Being Born
“A man who fears suffering is already suffering from what he fears.”
“A man who feels that his religion is a slavery has not begun to comprehend the real nature of religion.”
“A man who fights for coin is loyal only to his purse.”
Source: A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One