A Quotes
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“A man who reviews the old so as to find out the new is qualified to teach others.”
“A man who’s loyal to his word is a man worth being loyal to.”
“A man who's moved by grovelling will never get enough grovelling for his taste.”
Source: The Wisdom of Crowds
“A man who’s susceptible to panic attack is a man full of worry”
“A man who sacrifices for his wife and serves her becomes much more attractive to her.”
“A man who saw a miracle would reject his eyes' witness, if those with him saw nothing.”
Source: The Lathe Of Heaven: A Novel
“A man who saw has turned blind,
A hearer deaf,
A leader now leads astray!”
Source: Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms
“A man who says he can see through a woman is missing a lot.-Groucho Marx
A man's only as old as the woman he feels.”
“A man who says he feels no fear is either a fool or a liar.”
“A man who says he has never been scared is either lying or else he's never been any place or done anything.”
Source: The Daybreakers and Sackett (2-Book Bundle)
“A man who says that men are machines may be a great scientist. A man who says he is a machine is 'depersonalized' in psychiatric jargon.”
“A man who says that no patriot should attack the Boer War until it is over is not worth answering intelligently; he is saying that no good son should warn his mother off a cliff until she has fallen over it.”
“A man who says that no patriot should attack the [war] until it is over is not worth answering intelligently; he is saying that no good son should warn his mother off a cliff until she has fallen over it. But there is an anti-patriot who honestly angers honest men…he is the uncandid candid friend; the man who says, "I am sorry to say we are ruined," and is not sorry at all…Granted that he states only facts, it is still essential to know what are his emotions, what is his motive. It may be that twelve hundred men in Tottenham are down with smallpox; but we want to know whether this is stated by some great philosopher who wants to curse the gods, or only by some common clergyman who wants to help the men.”
Source: Orthodoxy
“A man who says “I have learned enough and will learn no further” should be considered as knowing nothing at all.”
“A man who says, 'I want to change, tell me how to', seems very earnest, very serious, but he is not. He wants an authority whom he hopes will bring about order in himself. But can authority ever bring about inward order? Order imposed from without must always breed disorder.”
“A man who says, 'I was wrong,' really in effect says, 'I am a little wiser today than I was yesterday.”
“A man who seeks escape from the responsibility of supporting his life by his own thought and effort, and wishes to survive by conquering, ruling and exploiting others, is NOT an Individualist.”
Source: The Virtue of Selfishness
“A man who sees another man on the street corner with only a stump for an arm will be so shocked the first time he'll give him sixpence. But the second time it'll only be a three penny bit. And if he sees him a third time, he'll have him cold-bloodedly handed over to the police.”
“A man who sees nothing has no use for his eyes,” the Mountain declared. “Cut them out and give them to your next outrider. Tell him you hope that four eyes might see better than two . . . and if not, the man after him will have six.”
Source: A Game of Thrones: A Song of Ice and Fire: Book One
“A man who sells his conscience for his interest will sell it for his pleasure. A man who will betray his country will betray his friend.”
Source: Works
“A man who sets out to justify his existence and his activities has to distinguish two different questions. The first is whether the work which he does is worth doing; and the second is why he does it (whatever its value may be).”
Source: A Mathematician's Apology
“A man who should act, for one day, on the supposition that all the people about him were influenced by the religion which they professed would find himself ruined by night.”
“A man who shows no defect is a fool or a hypocrite, whom we should mistrust. There are defects so bound to fine qualities that they announce them,--defects which it is well not to correct.”
“A man who sits under a tree and dreams makes more journey than a man who goes around the world without dreaming!”
“A man who smiles when he falls gives the Devil a good slap!”
“A man who speaks out honestly and fearlessly that which he knows, and that which he believes, will always enlist the good will and the respect, however much he may fail in winning the assent, of his fellow men.”
“A man who speaks the truth is crucified by the world. -MillYentei⋆”
“A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything.”
“A man who stares only at his wounds remains wounded. A wise person avoids this role.”
“A man who stops at nothing short of the law is very clever indeed!”
“A man who strains himself on the stage is bound, if he is any good, to strain all the people sitting in the stalls.”
Source: Brecht on Theatre: The Development of an Aesthetic
“A man who studies my weaknesses not to exploit them but to guard them; a man who observes my vulnerabilities not to play them but to swaddle them; a man who waits for my fragilities not to impose upon them but to protect them; a man who exposes my nakedness not to taste but to connect. A man. A man like this.”
“A man who suffers can lessen his anguish by knowing whence it comes. By thought he can locate it in a certain portion of his body which can be cured, or, if necessary, torn away. He fixes the bounds of it, and separates it from himself. A child has no such illusive resource. His first encounter with suffering is more tragic and more true. Like his own being, it seems infinite. He feels that it is seated in his bosom, housed in his heart, and is mistress of his flesh. And it is so. It will not leave his body until it has eaten it away.”
“A man who suffers or stresses before it is necessary, suffers more than is necessary”
“A man who survives himself despises himself without acknowledging as much, sometimes without even knowing as much.”
Source: The Trouble with Being Born
“A man who takes away another man's freedom is a prisoner of hatred, he is locked behind the bars of prejudice and narrow mindedness.”
Source: Notes to the Future: Words of Wisdom
“A man who takes himself too seriously will find that no one else takes him seriously.”
“A man who takes into consideration the feelings of others even when arranging the manner of his own death shows a nobility of character which compels the admiration of all classes.”
Source: The Third Policeman
“A man who takes no part in public affairs is not merely lazy, but good for nothing.”
Source: How to Think about War: An Ancient Guide to Foreign Policy
“A man who takes pleasure in speaking continuously fools himself in thinking he is not unpleasant to those around him.”
“A man who tells nothing, or who tells all, will equally have nothing told him.”
“A man who tells secrets or stories must think of who is hearing or reading, for a story has as many versions as it has readers.”
Source: The Winter of our Discontent
“A man who tells secrets or stories must think of who is hearing or reading, for a story has as many versions as it has readers. Everyone takes what he wants or can from it and thus changes it to his measure. Some pick out parts and reject the rest, some strain the story through their mesh of prejudice, some paint it with their own delight. A story must have some points of contact with the reader to make him feel at home in it. Only then can he accept wonders.”
Source: Travels with Charley and Later Novels, 1947-1962
“A man who tells you to follow him, will turn his followers into his company. While a true leader who does not tell you to follow him, will sit in the company of his followers.”
“A man who thinks he has a higher purpose can do terrible things, even to those he professes to love.”
“A man who thinks of himself as belonging to a particular national group in America has not yet become an American. And the man who goes among you to trade upon your nationality is no worthy son to live under the Stars and Stripes.”
Source: Selected Addresses and Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson
“A man who thinks that death is against life can never be non-violent. It is impossible. A man who thinks that death is the enemy can never be at ease, at home. That is impossible. How can you be at ease when the enemy is waiting for you any moment? It will jump on you and destroy you. How can you be non-tense when death is waiting just around the corner and the shadow of death is always falling on you? It can happen any moment. How can you rest when death is there? How can you relax? The enemy won't allow you to relax.”
“A man who throws himself on God ceases to fear man”
Source: The Quintessence of Gandhi in His Own Words
“A man who took great pride in his lawn found himself with a large crop of dandelions. He tried every method he knew to get rid of them. Still they plagued him. Finally he wrote the department of agriculture. He enumerated all the things he had tried and closed his letter with the question: "What shall I do now?" In due course the reply came: "We suggest you learn to love them."”
Source: The Song of the Bird
“A man who took history in his hands, and bent the arc of the moral universe toward justice.”