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Be A Man Quotes (page 5)

Pamela Hansford Johnson quote: "Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but..."
Be fond of the man who jests at his scars, if you like; but never believe he is being on the level with you. Pamela Hansford Johnson
Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female - whenever she behaves as a human being she is said to imitate the male. Simone de Beauvoir
Ralph Ransom quote: "Man was created as a being who should constantly keep..."
Man was created as a being who should constantly keep improving, a being who on reaching one goal sets a higher one. Ralph Ransom
Man is a gregarious creature, we are told, a social being. Does that mean he is also a herd animal?...Are men no better than sheep or cattle, that they must live always in view of one another in order to feel a sense of safety? I can't believe it! Edward Abbey
Man permits himself to be lied to at night, his life long, when he dreams, and his moral sense never even tries to prevent this—although men have been said to have overcome snoring by sheer will power. Friedrich Nietzsche
Man has been reared by his errors: first he never saw himself other than imperfectly, second he attributed to himself imaginary qualities, third he felt himself in a false order of rank with animal and nature, fourth he continually invented new tables of values and for a time took each of them to be eternal and unconditional...If one deducts the effect of these four errors, one has also deducted away humanity, humaneness, and 'human dignity'. Friedrich Nietzsche
Man is unconquerable because he can make even his helplessness so entertaining. His motto seems to be "Even though He slay me, yet will I make fun of Him! Christopher Morley
Be careful how you suggest things to me. For there is in me a madness which goes beyond martyrdom, the madness of an utterly idle man. Gilbert K. Chesterton
Blaise Pascal quote: "Man's grandeur is that he knows himself to be miserable."
Man's grandeur is that he knows himself to be miserable. Blaise Pascal
Man is said to be a reasoning animal. I do not know why he has not been defined as an affective or feeling animal. Perhaps that which differentiates him from other animals is feeling rather than reason. More often I have seen a cat reason than laugh or weep. Perhaps it weeps or laughs inwardly? but then perhaps, also inwardly, the crab resolves equations of the second degree. Miguel de Unamuno
Man's life seems to me like a long, weary night that would be intolerable if there were not occasionally flashes of light, the sudden brightness of which is so comforting and wonderful, that the moments of their appearance cancel out and justify the years of darkness. Herman Hesse
Simone de Beauvoir quote: "Man must not attempt to dispel the ambiguity of his being but,..."
Man must not attempt to dispel the ambiguity of his being but, on the contrary, accept the task of realizing it. Simone de Beauvoir
C. S. Lewis quote: "Man is to be understood only in his relation to God."
Man is to be understood only in his relation to God. C. S. Lewis
Be of good cheer about death, and know this of a truth, that no evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death. Socrates
Albert Camus quote: "Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is."
Man is the only creature who refuses to be what he is. Albert Camus

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