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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a mans

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a mans character, give him power. – Abraham Lincoln

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The time comes upon every public man when it is best for him to keep his lips closed. – Abraham Lincoln

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No matter how much the cats fight, there always seem to be plenty of kittens. – Abraham Lincoln

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The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes. – Niccolo Machiavelli

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It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously. – H. L. Mencken

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The analysis of man discloses three chemical elements — a job, a meal and a woman. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. – Aristotle

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