Man arrives as a novice at each age of his life.
No man is weak by choice.
Man is the future of man.
The greatness of man lies in his decision to be stronger than his condition.
Be a philosopher; but, amidst all your philosophy, be still a man.
There are more things to admire in men than to despise.
People are like bicycles. They can keep their balance only as long as they keep moving.
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The weakness of human reason appears more evidently in those who know it not, than in those who know it.
Men differ by what they show, and have in common what they hide.
I am human, and I think that nothing of that which is human is alien to me.
There are two ways of contesting, the one by the law, the other by force; the first method is proper to men, the second to beasts.
Think like a man of action, act like a man of thought.
We build too many walls and not enough bridges.
Any man can make mistakes.
I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.
Man is but a reed, the most feeble thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.
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The right man is the one who seizes the moment.
Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condition.
If it be true that a man is rich who wants nothing, a wise man is a very rich man.
No man has received from nature the right to command others. Liberty is a gift from heaven.
It is in man's heart that the life of nature's spectacle exists; to see it, one must feel it.
Man is a sacred thing for Man.
Man is not born, but made man.
Joy is the transition of man from a less to a greater perfection.
Action, with all its uncertainties, is like an ever-present reminder that men, though they must die, are not born in order to die, but to begin something new.
So many men, so many opinions.
There is nothing so beautiful and legitimate as to play the man well and properly.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
when we say that a man is responsible for himself, we do not only mean that he is responsible for his own individuality, but that he is responsible for all men.
Man, too, has wings, he has imagination.
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