Man
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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.
There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King.
The soul that is within me no man can degrade.
Behind every successful man is a proud wife and a surprised mother-in-law.
A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.
A man is given the choice between loving women and understanding them.
Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself.
Behind every successful man there's a lot of unsuccessful years.
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer.
I have more respect for a man who lets me know where he stands, even if he's wrong, than the one who comes up like an angel and is nothing but a devil.
Outside of a dog, a book is a man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.
A bachelor's life is no life for a single man.
A rich man is nothing but a poor man with money.
The white man's happiness cannot be purchased by the black man's misery.
It is the working man who is the happy man. It is the idle man who is the miserable man.
Ever since Eve started it all by offering Adam the apple, woman's punishment has been to supply a man with food then suffer the consequences when it disagrees with him.
By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.
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.
Fortune always favors the brave, and never helps a man who does not help himself.
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