Man
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Negative feedback is better that none. I would rather have a man hate me than overlook me. As long as he hates me I make a difference.
When a man opens a car door for his wife, it's either a new car or a new wife.
Heroism is not only in the man, but in the occasion.
We all require and want respect, man or woman, black or white. It's our basic human right.
Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul'. The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist'.
Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.
There is no employing class, no working class, no farming class. You may pigeonhole a man or woman as a farmer or a worker or a professional man or an employer or even a banker. But the son of the farmer will be a doctor or a worker or even a banker, and his daughter a teacher. The son of a worker will be an employer — or maybe president.
The successful man is the one who finds out what is the matter with his business before his competitors do.
This is the very perfection of a man, to find out his own imperfections.
A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the 'why' for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any 'how'.
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.
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.
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