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Decent Man Quotes

There are certain things in a man's past which he does not divulge to everybody but, perhaps, only to his friends. Again there are certain things he will not divulge even to his friends; he will divulge them perhaps only to himself, and that, too, as a secret. But, finally, there are things which he is afraid to divulge even to himself, and every decent man has quite an accumulation of such things in his mind. I can put it even this way: the more decent a man is, the larger will the number of... Fyodor Dostoevsky
Every man has some reminiscences which he would not tell to everyone, but only to his friends. He has others which he would not reveal even to his friends, but only to himself, and that in secret. But finally there are still others which a man is even afraid to tell himself, and every decent man has a considerable number of such things stored away. That is, one can even say that the more decent he is, the greater the number of such things in his mind. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Every decent man of our age must be a coward and a slave. That is his normal condition. Of that I am firmly persuaded. He is made and constructed to that very end. And not only at the present time owing to some casual circumstance, but always, at all times, a decent man is bound to be a coward and a slave. Fyodor Dostoevsky
There are things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind. Fyodor Dostoevsky
A cultivated and decent man cannot be vain without setting a fearfully high standard for himself, and without despising and almost hating himself at certain moments. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Every decent man of our time is and is bound to be a coward and a slave. This is his normal condition. I am deeply convinced of that. This is how he is constituted, and this is what he is meant to be. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Virginia Woolf quote: "No decent man ought to read Shakespeare's sonnets because it..."
No decent man ought to read Shakespeare's sonnets because it was like listening at keyholes. Virginia Woolf
Every decent man in America ought to swoon with joy for the opportunity to crush with his heel the woolly head of this black lizard, to keep him from scuttling on his belly farther over the earth and spitting forth his venom of death! Richard Wright
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "But what can a decent man speak of with most..."
But what can a decent man speak of with most pleasure? Answer: Of himself. Well, so I will talk about myself. Fyodor Dostoevsky
C. S. Lewis quote: "You weren't a decent man and you didn't do your best. We none..."
You weren't a decent man and you didn't do your best. We none of us were and none of us did. C. S. Lewis
A developed and decent man cannot be vain without a boundless exactingness towards himself and without despising himself at moments to the point of hatred. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "It is a law of nature that every decent man on earth is bound..."
It is a law of nature that every decent man on earth is bound to be a coward and a slave Fyodor Dostoevsky
I was a coward and a slave. I say this without the slightest embarrassment. Every decent man of our age must be a coward and a slave. Fyodor Dostoevsky
H. L. Mencken quote: "Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under."
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under. H. L. Mencken
Kim Mathers quote: "Somewhere deep down there's a decent man in me, he just can't..."
Somewhere deep down there's a decent man in me, he just can't be found. Kim Mathers

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