Man
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Indeed, the existence of class, of social hierarchy, is as old as man himself. It prevails in the jungle where strength determines hierarchy; among men, it has also been savagely the same, whereby rulers vested with power through personal combat, or through lineal heritage as in the case of royalty, ravage their subjects.
Man should not try to avoid stress any more than he would shun food, love or exercise.
It will free man from the remaining chains, the chains of gravity which still tie him to this planet.
The woman who appeals to a man's vanity may stimulate him, the woman who appeals to his heart may attract him, but it is the woman who appeals to his imagination who gets him.
The first man to compare the cheeks of a young woman to a rose was obviously a poet; the first to repeat it was possibly an idiot.
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit for doing it.
This is his first punishment, that by the verdict of his own heart no guilty man is acquitted.
Mystery creates wonder and wonder is the basis of man's desire to understand.
Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.
It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one.
The man who invented the red carpet needed his head examined.
There are three principles in a man's being and life, the principle of thought, the principle of speech, and the principle of action. The origin of all conflict between me and my fellow-men is that I do not say what I mean and I don't do what I say.
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.
To be completely woman you need a master, and in him a compass for your life. You need a man you can look up to and respect. If you dethrone him it's no wonder that you are discontented, and discontented women are not loved for long.
Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home!
The human dilemma is that which arises out of a man's capacity to experience himself as both subject and object at the same time.
The follies which a man regrets the most in his life are those which he didn't commit when he had the opportunity.
To be happy with a man you must understand him a lot and love him a little. To be happy with a woman you must love her a lot and not try to understand her at all.
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.
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