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Gene Wolfe quote: "One of the easiest ways to dominate a man is to demand..."
One of the easiest ways to dominate a man is to demand something he cannot supply. Gene Wolfe
But man has such a predilection for systems and abstract deductions that he is ready to distort the truth intentionally, he is ready to deny the evidence of his senses only to justify his logic. Fyodor Dostoevsky
John Marshall Harlan quote: "[O]ne man's vulgarity is another's lyric."
[O]ne man's vulgarity is another's lyric. John Marshall Harlan
Carson McCullers quote: "My advice to you is this. Do not attempt to stand alone...."
My advice to you is this. Do not attempt to stand alone. ...The most fatal thing a man can do is try to stand alone. Carson McCullers
A man's needs are few. The simpler the life, therefore, the better. Indeed, only three things are truly necessary in order to make life happy: the blessing of God, the benefit of books, and the benevolence of friends. Thomas Chalmers
These are not men of great imagination, but one can hardly blame them for not being prepared for this particular contingency, the sight of a tweet-jacketed, tenured, middle-aged, senior professor and department chair in a fake nose and glasses, brandishing a live, terrified goose... (Richard Russo, Straight Man) Richard Russo
Any woman or man who would write the truth of their lives would write a great work. But no one has dared to write the truth of their lives. Isadora Duncan
George R. R. Martin quote: "It was almost enough to put a man off whoring."
It was almost enough to put a man off whoring. George R. R. Martin
Atticus was right. One time he said you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes and walk around in them. Just standing on the Radley porch was enough. Harper Lee
Recklessness is almost a man's revenge on his woman. He feels he is not valued so he will risk destroying himself to deprive her altogether. David Herbert Lawrence
Let death do what it can, there is just one thing it cannot destroy, and that is life. Never in itself, only in the unfaith of man, does life recognize any sway of death. George MacDonald
Can I possibly not understand myself that I'm a lost man? But--why can't I resurrect? Yes! it only takes being calculating and patient at least once in your life and--that's all! It only takes being steadfast at least once, and in an hour I can change my whole destiny! Fyodor Dostoevsky
George R. R. Martin quote: "I left the next morning... for a place where a kiss was not a..."
I left the next morning... for a place where a kiss was not a crime and a man could wear any cloak he chose.' - Mance Rayder George R. R. Martin
Leo Tolstoy quote: "Where is there any book of the law so clear to each man as..."
Where is there any book of the law so clear to each man as that written in his heart. Leo Tolstoy
The Lord commands us to do good unto all men without exception, though the majority are very undeserving when judged according to their own merits... [The Scripture] teaches us that we must not think of man's real value, but only of his creation in the image of God to which we owe all possible honor and love. John Calvin

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