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Fyodor Dostoevsky quote: "Man is a creature that can get accustomed to anything, and I..."
Man is a creature that can get accustomed to anything, and I think that is the best definition of him. Fyodor Dostoevsky
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Man is an animal who more than any other can adapt himself to..."
Man is an animal who more than any other can adapt himself to all climates and circumstances. Henry David Thoreau
Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, and emerges ahead of his accomplishments. John Steinbeck
Milan Kundera quote: "Man reckons with immortality, and forgets to reckon with death."
Man reckons with immortality, and forgets to reckon with death. Milan Kundera
Philip Stanhope quote: "Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to..."
Man cannot discover new oceans unless he has the courage to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. Philip Stanhope
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
Kinky Friedman quote: "Man's ability to delude himself is infinite."
Man's ability to delude himself is infinite. Kinky Friedman
Victor Hugo quote: "...Man lives by affirmation even more than he does by bread."
...Man lives by affirmation even more than he does by bread. Victor Hugo
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
Henry David Thoreau quote: "Man wanted a home, a place for warmth, or comfort, first of..."
Man wanted a home, a place for warmth, or comfort, first of physical warmth, then the warmth of the affections. Henry David Thoreau
Man does not necessarily begin with despotism because he is barbarous, but very often finds his way to despotism because he is civilised. He finds it because he is experienced; or, what is often much the same thing, because he is exhausted Gilbert K. Chesterton
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 makes his own history, but he does not make it out of the whole cloth; he does not make it out of conditions chosen by himself, but out of such as he finds close at hand. Karl Marx
Man, I didnt know anything like that was going to happen! Honest, Tex, he was on something. Holy cow! I really kid, I been doing this stuff for a year now and I never saw nobody pull a gun before! God Almighty! What if he hadnt missed!' -- Lem 'He didn't.' -- Tex 'What?' -- Lem 'I said he didn't miss. He shot me and it hurts like hell.' -- Tex S. E. Hinton
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

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