To study men, we must look ...

To study men, we must look close by; to study man, we must learn to look afar; if we are to discover essential characteristics, we must first observe differences.
To study men, we must look close by; to study man, we must learn to look afar; if we are to discover essential characteristics, we must first observe differences.

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If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.
The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
Each man has his own vocation; his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him.
The superior man is modest in his speech but exceeds in his actions.

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What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?
A man speaks of what he knows, a woman of what pleases her: the one requires knowledge, the other taste.
It is in man's heart that the life of nature's spectacle exists; to see it, one must feel it.
O love, if I regret the age when one savors you, it is not for the hour of pleasure, but for the one that follows it.
You forget that the fruits belong to all and that the land belongs to no one.