I Quotes
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“If a man loses one-third of his skin he dies; if a tree loses one-third of its bark, it too dies. If the Earth is a 'sentient being', would it not be reasonable to expect that if it loses one-third of its trees and vegetable covering, it will also die?”
“If a man loved me, I would have talked myself into loving him, and I would have loved him very deeply after a while.”
Source: A Fine & Private Place
“If a man loves a girl who is in the first place young and inexperienced; who in the second place is educated with a background of caveman tradition, a middle-ground of poetry and romance, and a foreground of unspoken hope and interest all centering upon the one Event; and who has, furthermore, absolutely no other hope or interest worthy of the name - why, it is a comparatively easy manner to sweep her off her feet with a dashing attack.”
Source: Herland
“If a man loves a woman for her beauty, does he love her? No; for the smallpox, which destroys her beauty without killing her, causes his love to cease. And if any one loves me for my judgment or my memory, does he really love me? No; for I can lose these qualities without ceasing to be.”
Source: Thoughts of Blaise Pascal
“If a man loves the labour of his trade, apart from any question of success or fame, the gods have called him.”
Source: Collected Memoirs, Travel Sketches and Island Literature of Robert Louis Stevenson: Autobiographical Writings and Essays by the prolific Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer, author of Treasure Island, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Kidnapped & Catriona
“If a man loves you . . . he's willing to profess it. He'll give you a title after a while. You're going to be his lady, his woman, his fiancée, his wife, his baby's mama, something.”
“If a man made himself an expert in any particular branch of human activity, there would result the strong tendency that a peculiar aptitude towards the same branch would be found among some of his descendants.”
“If a man makes me keep my distance, the comfort is, he keeps his at the same time.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Jonathan Swift (Illustrated)
“If a man marries his housekeeper or his cook, the national dividend is diminished.”
“If a man means his writing seriously, he must mean to write well. But how can he write well until he learns to see what he has written badly. His progress toward good writing and his recognition of bad writing are bound to unfold at something like the same rate.”
“If a man must make himself appear cheerful; he must know why he is miserable.”
“If a man needs a religion to conduct himself properly in this world, it is a sign that he has either a limited mind or a corrupt heart.”
“If a man needs an elaborate tombstone in order to remain in the memory of his country, it is clear that his living at all was an act of absolute superfluity.”
Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Oscar Wilde
“If a man neglects education, he walks lame to the end of his life.”
Source: THE ATLANTIS COLLECTION - 6 Books About The Mythical Lost World: Plato’s Original Myth + The Lost Continent + The Story of Atlantis + The Antedeluvian World + New Atlantis: The Myth & The Theories
“If a man never contradicts himself, the reason must be that he virtually never says anything at all.”
“If a man of good natural disposition acquires Intelligence [as a whole], then he excels in conduct, and the disposition which previously only resembled Virtue, will now be Virtue in the true sense. Hence just as with the faculty of forming opinions [the calculative faculty] there are two qualities, Cleverness and Prudence, so also in the moral part of the soul there are two qualities, natural virtue and true Virtue; and true Virtue cannot exist without Prudence.”
“If a man offend a harmless, pure, and innocent person, the evil falls back upon that fool, like light dust thrown up against the wind.”
Source: The Dhammapada
“If a man only likes victory he must always come late for the battle.”
Source: The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton
“If a man or a woman puts in an honest day's work, they should to be able to earn a living wage.”
“If a man or woman has something redone it is because he or she can no longer live with that part of their body, it is no longer bearable. Either they get help and find the strength to fight or they proceed with the act.”
“If a man or woman is born ten years sooner or later, their whole aspect and performance shall be different.”
“If a man ordered a beer milk shake, he thought, he'd better do it in a town where he wasn't known.”
“If a man ordered a beer milkshake he'd better do it in a town where he wasn't known.”
Source: Cannery Row
“If a man owes me money, I never seem to forget. But if I do the owing, I somehow never remember.”
Source: Four Plays
“If a man paints a target on his chest, he should expect that sooner or later someone will loose an arrow on him.”
Source: A Game of Thrones 4-Book Bundle: A Song of Ice and Fire Series: A Game of Thrones, A Clash of Kings, A Storm of Swords, and A Feast for Crows
“If a man possesses a repentant spirit his sins will disappear, but if he has an unrepentant spirit his sins will continue and condemn him for their sake forever.”
“If a man postpone[s] any open acknowledgement... that his own faith is in direct opposition to the assumptions on which all the conversation of his new friends [are] based... he will be in a false position. He will be silent when he ought to speak and laugh when he ought to be silent. He will assume, at first only by his manner, but presently by his words, all sorts of cynical and sceptical attitudes which are not really his. But... they may become his. All mortals tend to turn into the thing they are pretending to be.”
Source: The Screwtape Letters
“If a man prays to Thee with a yearning heart, he can reach Thee, through Thy grace, by any path.”
Source: The Gospel of Sri Ramakrishna
“If a man prepares dinner for you and the salad contains three or more types of lettuce, he is serious.”
“If a man proves too clearly and convincingly to himself...that a tiger is an optical illusion--well, he will find out he is wrong. The tiger will himself intervene in the discussion, in a manner which will be in every sense conclusive.”
“If a man realizes who he is, he cannot be hurt, humiliated or offended”
“If a man realizes who he is, he is aware of his value”
“If a man really believes that God once upheld slavery; that he commanded soldiers to kill women and babes; that he believed in polygamy; that he persecuted for opinion's sake; that he will punish forever, and that he hates an unbeliever, the effect in my judgment will be bad. It always has been bad. This belief built the dungeons of the Inquisition. This belief made the Puritan murder the Quaker.”
Source: Interviews
“If a man really has charge of his destiny at all, he should have something to say about getting born; and I only came through by a hair's-breadth. What had I to do with this momentous first step? In the language of the lawyer, I was not even a party of the second part.”
Source: The Story of My Life
“If a man really knew himself he would utterly despise the ignorant notions others might form on a subject in which he had such matchless opportunities for observation.”
Source: The The Life of Reason Or The Phases of Human Progress: Reason in Society, Volume VII, Book Two
“If a man really loves a woman, of course he wouldn't marry her for the world if he were not quite sure that he was the best person she could possibly marry.”
“If a man really sets his heart upon the will of God, God will enlighten a little child to tell that man what is His will. But if a man does not truly desire the will of God, even if he goes in search of a prophet, God will put into the heart of the prophet a reply like the deception in his own heart.”
“If a man rejoice not in his drinking, he is mad; for in drinking it's possible ... to fondle breasts, and to caress well tended locks, and there is dancing withal, and oblivion of woe.”
Source: Delphi Complete Works of Euripides (Illustrated)
“If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in the face of danger, and does not forget sentiments he has repeated all his life when he has been in straitened circumstances for a long time, he may be said to be a complete man.”
“if a man runs with man is called as "Race" but if a man runs towards God is called as "Grace".”
“If a man says he is Christian, yet he has no problems knocking you up, having premarital sex or living in sin with you, then you have to ask yourself, “What version of Christ does he believe in?”
“If a man says he is not afraid of dying, he is either lying or is a Gurkha.”
“If a man says something in the woods and there are no women there, is he still wrong?”
“If a man says that he is Jesus Christ, it is no answer to tell him that the world denies his divinity; for the world denied Christ's.”
Source: The Essential Gilbert K. Chesterton
“If a man says that it is right to give every one his due, and therefore thinks within his own mind that injury is due from a just man to his enemies but kindness to his friends, he was not wise who said so, for he spoke not the truth, for in no case has it appeared to be just to injure any one.”
“If a man says to me, looking at the sky, ‘I think it will rain, therefore I exist,’ I do not understand him.”
“If a man says to you, "This is the truth," and you believe him, and you discover what he says is not the truth, you are disappointed and you make sure you will not be caught by him again. But a man who has lived the truth--and you have believed in what he has lived--he does not leave you merely wary when he fails you, he leaves you with nothing.”
“If a man says, "I'll call you," and he doesn't, he didn't forget. . . . he didn't lose your number. . . . he didn't die. He just didn't want to call you.”
“If a man seriously proposes to go in for lifting heavy weights, he should make a point of practising certain lifts every day. This daily practice is essential to the achievement of any real success.”
“If a man serves not God only, then surely he serves the devil.”
Source: The Familiar Discourses of Dr. Martin Luther ... Translated ... by Captain Henry Bell ... A New Edition, Revised ... by J. Kerby, Etc