Man
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What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?
God works wonders now and then;
Behold a lawyer, an honest man.
What can one man do even if he is the president?
I am satisfied that every man or woman who goes to the temple in a spirit of sincerity and faith leaves the house of the Lord a better man or woman.
It is the perpetual dread of fear, the fear of fear, that shapes the face of a brave man.
Man is not the enemy here, but the fellow victim.
No man ever wetted clay and then left it, as if there would be bricks by chance and fortune.
A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.
When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man's concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.
For the creation of a masterwork of literature two powers must concur, the power of the man and the power of the moment, and the man is not enough without the moment.
By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
The ninety and nine are with dreams, content but the hope of the world made new, is the hundredth man who is grimly bent on making those dreams come true.
Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man.
I'm very flattered, but I don't think I'm the sexiest man on the planet.
A fool sees not the same tree that a wise man sees.
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake.
There is nothing nobler or more admirable than when two people who see eye to eye keep house as man and wife, confounding their enemies and delighting their friends.
The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love.
Every man is guilty of all the good he did not do.
I was attracted to opera when I was 15 or 16. A very rich man in England bankrupted himself to put on a lot of opera during the war, but he converted a lot of people, myself included, in the process.
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