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Letter "M" » Men
«The real tragedy is the tragedy of the man who never in his life braces himself for his one supreme effort, who never stretches to his full capacity, never stands up to his full stature»
«The most important thing for a young man is to establish credit - a reputation and character.»
Author: John D. Rockefeller
(Industrialist, Philanthropist)
| About:
Men,
Reputation
| Keywords:
credit, establish, young man
«The men who try to do something and fail are infinitely better than those who try nothing and succeed»
«The real danger from advertising is that it helps to shatter and ultimately destroy our most precious non-material possessions: the confidence in the existence of meaningful purposes of human activity and respect for the integrity of man.»
«The natural liberty of man is to be free from any superior power on Earth, and not to be under the will or legislative authority of man, but only to have the law of nature for his rule.»
Author: Samuel Adams
(Politician)
| About:
Freedom,
Men
| Keywords:
Be Free, his rule, law of nature, legislative, Legislative power, natural law, rule of law, The Natural, The Rule of Law
«The more unintelligent a man is, the less mysterious existence seems to him»
«The power of a man's virtue should not be measured by his special efforts, but by his ordinary doing»
Author: Blaise Pascal
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Physicist)
| About:
Men,
Power,
Virtue
| Keywords:
efforts, measured, ordinary, special, virtue
«The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men»
Author: Plato
(Philosopher)
| About:
Evil,
Men
| Keywords:
affairs, indifference, man of affairs, pay for, penalties, penalty, Public affairs, ruled
«The nature of all men is so formed that they see and discriminate in the affairs of others, much better than in their own»
«The minute a man ceases to grow, no matter what his years, that minute he begins to be old.»
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