Man
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Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a thought, or all thought, when he wants to.
The open street, like the open sea, is an inviting thing to the mind of man. It is one of the few places where all may meet as equals under sun or rain; but only a John Bunyan could adequately portray the danger of the cities with their pitfalls for the young unguarded feet.
If the doors of perception were cleansed everything would appear to man as it is, infinite.
The world is getting to be such a dangerous place, a man is lucky to get out of it alive.
A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer, and shall pass into the immortal, as gently as we awake from dreams.
Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.
The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled.
Every man's life ends the same way. It is only the details of how he lived and how he died that distinguish one man from another.
A man with a silver spoon may get his share of supporters, but he can never be an inspiration for somebody! Patience and hard work are the key to every man's success.
I smashed my tailbone and couldn't sit for five years, and I broke my clavicle because I thought I was a great surfer, and of course, I could be a great snowboarder, too. Man, was I wiped out!
He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.
God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas.
Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance.
This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
I believe the first test of a truly great man is in his humility.
The cynic says, 'One man can't do anything'. I say, 'Only one man can do anything'.
A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.
Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. Man marks the earth with ruin, but his control stops with the shore.
Man must at all costs overcome the Earth's gravity and have, in reserve, the space at least of the Solar System.
I would feel more optimistic about a bright future for man if he spent less time proving that he can outwit Nature and more time tasting her sweetness and respecting her seniority.
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