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It has always been my private conviction that any man who puts his intelligence up against a fish and loses had it coming.

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No man really knows about other human beings. The best he can do is to suppose that they are like himself.

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Henry liked fun and avoided when he could any solemn or serious matter, for he confused these with sorrow.

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I remember clearly the deaths of three men. One was the richest man of the century, who, having clawed his way to wealth through the souls and bodies ...more

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Sometimes in the summer evenings they walked up the hill to watch the afterglow clinging to the tops of the western mountains and to feel the breeze d...more

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Man has a choice and it's a choice that makes him a man.

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And I feel that I am a man. And I feel that a man is a very important thing - maybe more important than a star. This is not theology. I have no bent t...more

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Tom felt his darkness. His father was beautiful and clever, his mother was short and mathematically sure. Each of his brothers and sisters had looks o...more

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The last clear definite function of men—muscles aching to work, minds aching to create beyond the single need—this is man.

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The last clear definite function of man—muscles aching to work, minds aching to create beyond the single need—this is man....For man, unlike any other...more