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An Englishman, even if he is alone, forms an orderly queue of one.
Order
George Mikes

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The despotism of custom is everywhere the standing hindrance to human advancement.
Custom
John Stuart Mill

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To understand one woman is not necessarily to understand any other woman.
Understanding
John Stuart Mill

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Every man with a bellyful of the classics is an enemy to the human race.
Books - Classics
Henry Miller

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In the beginning was the Word. Man acts it out. He is the act, not the actor.
Creation
Henry Miller

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Man has demonstrated that he is master of everything -- except his own nature.
Human Nature
Henry Miller

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The ordinary man is involved in action, the hero acts. An immense difference.
Heroes and Heroism
Henry Miller

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No doubt Jack the Ripper excused himself on the grounds that it was human nature.
Excuses
A. A. Milne

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Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.
Youth
John Milton

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For man he seemsIn all his lineaments, though in his faceThe glimpses of his Fathers glory shine.
Uncategorised
John Milton

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The childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.
Childhood
John Milton

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The ideal committee is one with me as the chairman, and two other members in bed with the flu.
Committees and Meetings
Lord Milverton

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A man's reputation is what other people think of him; his character is what he really is.
Character
Jack Miner

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Nothing is impossible to the man who will.
Impossibility
Gabriel Riqueti Mirabeau

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The history of mankind is the history of ideas.
Humankind
Ludwig Von Mises

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Frustrated love has been the incentive for many great works.
Love
John N. Mitchell

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Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it.
Law and Lawyers
Addison Mizner

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If you steal from one author, it's plagiarism; if you steal from many, it's research.
Plagiarism
Wilson Mizner

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A man's true wealth is the good he does in the world.
Wealth
Mohammed

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We always speak well when we manage to be understood.
Communication
Moliere

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No modest man ever did or ever will make a fortune.
Modesty
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu

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A man should ever be ready booted to take his journey.
Travel and Tourism
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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A wise man sees as much as he ought, not as much as he can.
Potential
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
Argument
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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How many things served us but yesterday as articles of faith, which today we deem but fables?
Belief
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun