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And there is no trade or employment but the young man following it may become a hero.
Professions and Professionals
Walt Whitman

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Camerado! This is no book; who touches this touches a man.
Books - Reading
Walt Whitman

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Peace hath higher tests of manhood than battle ever knew.
Peace
John Greenleaf Whittier

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When faith is lost, when honor dies, the man is dead.
Faith
John Greenleaf Whittier

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Wealth is not in making money, but in making the man while he is making money.
Wealth
John Wicker

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All love that has not friendship for its base, is like a mansion built upon the sand.
Friends and Friendship
Ella Wheeler Wilcox

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A kiss may ruin a human life.
Kisses and Kissing
Oscar Wilde

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A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.
Men and Women
Oscar Wilde

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A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies.
Enemies
Oscar Wilde

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A man who moralizes is usually a hypocrite, and a woman who moralizes is invariably plain.
Moralists
Oscar Wilde

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A man's face is his autobiography. A woman's face is her work of fiction.
Faces
Oscar Wilde

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A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
Truth
Oscar Wilde

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A true gentleman is one who is never unintentionally rude.
Gentlemen
Oscar Wilde

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An ordinary man away from home giving advice.
Experts
Oscar Wilde

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Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it.
History and Historians
Oscar Wilde

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As long as a woman can look ten years younger than her own daughter, she is perfectly satisfied.
Daughters
Oscar Wilde

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Bad manners make a journalist.
Journalism and Journalists
Oscar Wilde

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Cultivated leisure is the aim of man.
Leisure
Oscar Wilde

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Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation.
Discontent
Oscar Wilde

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Every great man nowadays has his disciples, and it is usually Judas who writes the biography.
Disciples
Oscar Wilde

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Every woman is a rebel, and usually in wild revolt against herself.
Women
Oscar Wilde

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He must have a truly romantic nature, for he weeps when there is nothing at all to weep about.
Romance and Romanticism
Oscar Wilde

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I sometimes think that God in creating man somewhat overestimated his ability.
Humankind
Oscar Wilde

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It is because Humanity has never known where it was going that it has been able to find its way.
Humankind
Oscar Wilde

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It is better to have a permanent income than to be fascinating.
Security
Oscar Wilde

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