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Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the cr

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Sweet is the voice of a sister in the season of sorrow, and wise is the counsel of those who love us. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty. – Benjamin Disraeli

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Plain women know more about men than beautiful ones do. – Katharine Hepburn

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Im supposed to have a Ph.D. on the subject of women. But the truth is Ive flunked more often than not. Im very fond of women I admire them. But, like all men, I dont understand them. – Frank Sinatra

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Wise men dont need advice. Fools wont take it. – Benjamin Franklin

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I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to move at all. – Alexis de Tocqueville

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A man who calls bullshit fertilizer. – Frank Dane

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