If women were particular about men's characters, they would never get married at all.

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Old men are dangerous: it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to the world.

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Nothing ever is done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.

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Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.

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Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.

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Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own.

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Every man over forty is a scoundrel.

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Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are at the mercy of those who have none.

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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

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The reasonable man adapts himself to the world the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore, all progress depends on the unreasonable man.

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Beware of the man whose God is in the skies.

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The only man who behaves sensibly is my tailor; he takes my measure anew every time he sees me, whilst all the rest go on with their old measurements, and expect them to fit me.

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It's easier to replace a dead man than a good picture.

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A dramatic critic is a man who leaves no turn unstoned.

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A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

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No man fully capable of his own language ever masters another.

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The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.

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The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.

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Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability.

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