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Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
Dreams
Edgar Allan Poe

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To vilify a great man is the readiest way in which a little man can himself attain greatness.
Slander
Edgar Allan Poe

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A critic is a legless man who teaches running.
Critics and Criticism
Channing Pollock

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No man in the world has more courage than the man who can stop after eating one peanut.
Courage
Channing Pollock

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The best may slip, and even the most cautious fall; but he is more than human who errors not at all.
Mistakes
Pomfret

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An honest man's the noblest work of God.
Honesty
Alexander Pope

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Blessed is the man who expects nothing, for he shall never be disappointed was the ninth beatitude.
Disappointments
Alexander Pope

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Know then this truth, enough for man to know virtue alone is happiness below.
Happiness
Alexander Pope

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Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.
Self-knowledge
Alexander Pope

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Many people are capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing.
Generosity
Alexander Pope

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One science only will one genius fit; so vast is art, so narrow human wit.
Science and Scientists
Alexander Pope

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Sure of their qualities and demanding praise, more go to ruined fortunes than are raised.
Arrogance
Alexander Pope

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To err is human, to forgive is divine.
Forgiveness
Alexander Pope

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True disputants are like true sportsman: their whole delight is in the pursuit.
Argument
Alexander Pope

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Two purposes in human nature rule. Self-love to urge, and reason to restrain.
Motivation
Alexander Pope

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Why has not man a microscopic eye? For the plain reason man is not a fly.
Eyes
Alexander Pope

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Life is too short to learn German.
Life and Living
R. Porson

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The best manner of avenging ourselves is by not resembling him who has injured us.
Revenge
Jane Porter

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It is a man's world, and you men can have it.
Men
Katherine Anne Porter

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If man knew how women pass the time when they are alone, they'd never marry.
Men and Women
O. Henry Porter

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An empty purse and a new house make a man wise, but too late.
Borrowing
Portuguese Proverb

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Good management is better than good income.
Money
Portuguese Proverb

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A man of genius has a right to any mode of expression.
Genius
Ezra Pound

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I could I trust starve like a gentleman. It's listed as part of the poetic training, you know.
Bohemia
Ezra Pound

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I guess the definition of a lunatic is a man surrounded by them.
Madness
Ezra Pound

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