Man
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Man dies of cold, not of darkness
There are in every man, at all times, two simultaneous tendencies, one toward God, the other toward Satan
To be a serviceable man has always seemed to me something quite repulsive
It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it
To say that man is a compound of strength and weakness, light and darkness, smallness and greatness, is not to indict him, it is to define him
Man was born to live with his fellow human beings. Separate him, isolate him, his character will go bad, a thousand ridiculous affects will invade his heart, extravagant thoughts will germinate in his brain, like thorns in an uncultivated land
As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become
Man is a useless passion
Man is not the sum of what he has already, but rather the sum of what he does not yet have, of what he could have
It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see apes mischievous, wolves savage, or the vulture ravenous
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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