Quotations
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Men
«To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports us - when we succeed, it betrays us»
«To own a bit of ground, to scratch it with a hoe, to plant seeds, and watch the renewal of life - this is the commonest delight of the race, the most satisfactory thing a man can do»
Author: Charles Dudley Warner
(Author, Editor)
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Men
| Keywords:
commonest, common ground, hoe, hoed, hoeing, renewal, satisfactory, scratch, Seeds
«Unfortunately, it seems that the way Usenet is set up, women are the zebras, and men are the lions, and the Internet is one big Serenghetti.»
Author: Chris Zelek
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Internet,
Men,
Men and Women,
Women
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lions, set up, unfortunately, zebra, zebras
«To me all men are equal: there are jackasses everywhere, and I have the same contempt for them all»
Author: Karl Kraus
(Critic, Journalist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Men
| Keywords:
contempt, jackass, Jackasses
«To many a man, and sometimes to a youth, there comes the opportunity to choose between honorable competence and tainted wealth. The young man who starts out to be poor and honorable, holds in his hand one of the strongest elements of success.»
Author: Orison Swett Marden
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Beginning,
Choice,
Men,
Success,
Youth
| Keywords:
competence, elements, honorable, taint, tainted, Taints, The Young Man, young man
«To the discontented man no chair is easy»
Author: Benjamin Franklin
(Inventor, Philosopher, Printer, Scientist, Statesman, Writer)
| About:
Men
| Keywords:
chair, discontented, easy chair
«Very little of the great cruelty shown by men can really be attributed to cruel instinct. Most of it comes from thoughtlessness or inherited habit. Extract from 'Memories of childhood and youth.'»
Author: Albert Schweitzer
(Missionary, Musician, Philosopher, Theologian)
| About:
Childhood,
Cruelty,
Habit,
Instinct,
Memory,
Men,
Youth
| Keywords:
attributed, extract, inherited, shown, thoughtlessness