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Humankind's chief fault is that they have so many small ones.
Faults
Jean Paul

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Idleness is many gathered miseries in one name.
Idleness
Jean Paul

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Strong character is brought out by change, weak ones by permanence.
Change
Jean Paul

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Short of genius a rich man cannot even imagine poverty.
Wealth
Charles Peguy

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The secret is to always let the other man have your way.
Persuasion
Claiborne Pell

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Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.
Popularity
William Penn

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No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.
Control
William Penn

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Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason.
Passion
William Penn

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As happy a man as any in the world, for the whole world seems to smile upon me!
Happiness
Samuel Pepys

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Music and woman I cannot but give way to, whatever my business is.
Music
Samuel Pepys

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Every man goes down to his death bearing in his hands only that which he has given away.
Death and Dying
Persian Proverb

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Is any man free except the one who can pass his life as he pleases?
Freedom
Persius

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Democracy is a process by which the people are free to choose the man who will get the blame.
Democracy
Laurence J. Peter

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Man cannot live by incompetence alone.
Ability
Laurence J. Peter

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Good managers have a bias for action.
Management
Thomas J. Peters

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Management is about arranging and telling. Leadership is about nurturing and enhancing.
Leaders and Leadership
Thomas J. Peters

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Man has no greater enemy than himself.
Enemies
Francesco Petrarch

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First appearance deceives many.
Appearance
Phaedrus

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Success tempts many to their ruin.
Success
Phaedrus

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No one could be more happy than a man who has never known affliction
Affliction
Demetrius Phalerens

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There is danger when a man throws his tongue into high gear before he gets his brain a-going.
Speakers and Speaking
C. C. Phelps

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The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.
Gentlemen
William Lyon Phelps

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Many know how to flatter, few know how to praise.
Praise
Wendell Phillips

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Power is every stealing from the many to the few.
Power
Wendell Phillips

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Let us never forget that the greatest man is never more than an animal disguised as a god.
Greatness
Francis Picabia

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