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Mans Quotes (page 381)

[The romantic chivalric tradition] takes, or at any rate has in the past taken, the young man's eye off women as they are, as companions in shipwreck not guiding stars. J. R. R. Tolkien
Mark Twain quote: "To a man with a hammer everything looks like a nail."
To a man with a hammer everything looks like a nail. Mark Twain
Is all niceness then or is all buggery? How can a man be forty-five years old and still not know whether all is niceness or buggery? How does one know for sure? Walker Percy
At one time,' Golenishchev continued, either not observing or not willing to observe that both Anna and Vronsky wanted to speak, 'at one time a freethinker was a man who had been brought up in the conception of religion, law, and morality, who reached freethought only after conflict and difficulty. But now a new type of born freethinkers has appeared, who grow up without so much as hearing that there used to be laws of morality, or religion, that authorities existed. They grow up in ideas of... Leo Tolstoy
No man ought to commit his life into thehands of that Physician, who is ignorant of Astrologic: because he is a Physician of no value. Nicholas Culpeper
Brian Aldiss quote: "Civilisation is the distance that man has placed between..."
Civilisation is the distance that man has placed between himself and his own excreta. Brian Aldiss
Homer quote: "No man or woman born, coward or brave, can shun his destiny."
No man or woman born, coward or brave, can shun his destiny. Homer
Just as a man does not desire food until he is hungry, so does he not desire the salvation of Christ until he knows why he needs Christ. Ezra Taft Benson
For there are two possible reactions to social ostracism - either a man emerges determined to be better, purer, and kindlier or he goes bad, challenges the world and does even worse things. The last is by far the commonest reaction to stigma. John Steinbeck
Dorothy Dunnett quote: "A man of over thirty might be held to be at the height of his..."
A man of over thirty might be held to be at the height of his powers, but not necessarily of his wisdom. Dorothy Dunnett
Anne Morrow Lindbergh quote: "No man is an island,' said John Donne. I feel we are all..."
No man is an island,' said John Donne. I feel we are all islands -- in a common sea. Anne Morrow Lindbergh
Girls my age never use the word “fair”. Ordinary girls as young as I am are basically indifferent to whether things are fair or not. The central question for them is not whether something is fair but whether or not it’s beautiful or will make them happy. “Fair” is a man’s word, finally, but I can’t help feeling that it is also exactly the right word for me now. Haruki Murakami
The actual stronghold of a man is inaccessible, almost invisible, until friends and enemies turn traitor- and lead him there by a secret path Friedrich Nietzsche
That is the eternal folly of man. To be chasing after the sweet flesh, without realising that it is simply a pretty cover for the bones. Worm food. At night, you're rubbing against worm food. No offense meant. Neil Gaiman
George R. R. Martin quote: "The years leech at a man's memories, even those he has vowed..."
The years leech at a man's memories, even those he has vowed never to forget. George R. R. Martin

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