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As a man falls out of favour and his wealth declines, we discover for the first time the ridiculous aspects of his character, which were always there but which wealth and favour had concealed.

As a man falls out of favour and his wealth declines, we discover for the first time the ridiculous aspects of his character, which were always there but which wealth and favour had concealed.

Nov 26, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others.

A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better than others.

Nov 26, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

A man who is free and unmarried, if he has some intelligence, can rise above his fortune, mingle in society and meet the best people on an equal footing. This is harder for a married man: marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank.

A man who is free and unmarried, if he has some intelligence, can rise above his fortune, mingle in society and meet the best people on an equal footing. This is harder for a married man: marriage, it seems, confines every man to his proper rank.

Nov 26, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes.

The slave has but one master, the ambitious man has as many as there are persons whose aid may contribute to the advancement of his fortunes.

Nov 26, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

It is a sad thing when men have neither enough intelligence to speak well nor enough sense to hold their tongues; this is the root of all impertinence.

It is a sad thing when men have neither enough intelligence to speak well nor enough sense to hold their tongues; this is the root of all impertinence.

Nov 26, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

A young man without ambition is an old man waiting to be.

A young man without ambition is an old man waiting to be.

Nov 26, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

I wanted to be like my father, who was a cattle man and a rodeo roper. And that was - he was my hero, and I wanted to be more like him.

I wanted to be like my father, who was a cattle man and a rodeo roper. And that was - he was my hero, and I wanted to be more like him.

Nov 26, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Why comes temptation but for man to meet And master and make crouch beneath his foot, And so be pedestaled in triumph?

Why comes temptation but for man to meet And master and make crouch beneath his foot, And so be pedestaled in triumph?

Nov 26, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

They [i.e. ambitious men] may not cease, but as a dog in a wheel, a bird in a cage, or a squirrel in a chain, so Budaeus compares them; they climb and climb still, with much labour, but never make an end, never at the top.

They [i.e. ambitious men] may not cease, but as a dog in a wheel, a bird in a cage, or a squirrel in a chain, so Budaeus compares them; they climb and climb still, with much labour, but never make an end, never at the top.

Nov 26, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

Finds progress, man's distinctive mark alone, Not God's, and not the beast's; God is, they are, Man partly is, and wholly hopes to be.

Finds progress, man's distinctive mark alone, Not God's, and not the beast's; God is, they are, Man partly is, and wholly hopes to be.

Nov 26, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

How good is man's life, the mere living! How fit to employ all the heart and the soul and the senses forever in joy!

How good is man's life, the mere living! How fit to employ all the heart and the soul and the senses forever in joy!

Nov 26, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

What's a man's age? He must hurry more, that's all; Cram in a day, what his youth took a year to hold.

What's a man's age? He must hurry more, that's all; Cram in a day, what his youth took a year to hold.

Nov 26, 2024 - Fabian Biese>

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