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Mankind
«Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words»
Author: Baruch Spinoza
(Philosopher)
| About:
Desire,
Language,
Mankind,
Words
| Keywords:
govern, moderate, moderated, moderating, tongues
«Me only have one ambition, y'know. I only have one thing I really like to see happen. I like to see mankind live together - black, white, Chinese, everyone - that's all.»
«Misogynist: A man who hates women as much as women hate one another»
Author: Henry Louis Mencken
(Critic, Journalist)
| About:
Mankind
| Keywords:
hates, misogynist, much as
«Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community.»
«Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If I believe I cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when I believe I can, then I acquire the ability to do it even if I didn't have it in the beginning.»
Author: Mahatma Gandhi
(Philosopher)
| About:
Ability,
Belief,
Mankind
| Keywords:
ability, acquire, beginning, doing, do it, incapable, in the beginning, makes, often, themselves, The Beginning
«Men speak of natural rights, but I challenge any one to show where in nature any rights existed or were recognized until there was established for their declaration and protection a duly promulgated body of corresponding laws.»
Author: Calvin Coolidge
(President)
| About:
Mankind,
Right
| Keywords:
declaration, duly, natural rights, promulgate, promulgated
«Men in great place are thrice servants, - servants of the sovereign or state, servants of fame, and servants of business.»
Author: Francis Bacon, Sr.
(Lawyer, Philosopher)
| About:
Business,
Mankind,
Politics
| Keywords:
servants, sovereign, Sovereign state, thrice
«Money is just the poor man's credit card.»
Author: Marshall McLuhan
(Educator, Social Reformer, Writer)
| About:
Mankind,
Money
| Keywords:
card, credit card, credit cards, poor man
«Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.»
Author: Saint Augustine
(Bishop, Theologian)
| About:
Mankind,
Men
| Keywords:
abroad, circular, compass, compasses, compassing, courses, heights, huge, Long Course, motions, mountains, mountain pass, ocean, pass by, rivers, River Went, The Long, The Sea, vast, waves, wondering
«Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty billows of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, the compass of the ocean, and the circuits of the stars, and pass themselves by.»
Author: Saint Augustine
(Bishop, Theologian)
| About:
Admiration,
Mankind
| Keywords:
abroad, billowing, broad, circuits, compass, heights, mountain pass, rivers, River Went, The Mighty, tides