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Man is the unnatural animal, the rebel child of nature, and more and more does he turn himself against the harsh and fitful hand that reared him. — H.G.Wells

What is character, if not a man's measure of himself against his friends and enemies? — Christopher Moore

Against criticism a man can neither protest nor defend himself; he must act in spite of it, and then it will gradually yield to him. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

So long as a man knows the meaning of fear, he will need the ways and means to defend himself against that fear. — Anton Szandor LaVey

He who receives a great many letters demanding answer, sees himself as if engaged in a hopeless struggle of one man against the rest of the world. — Anna C. Brackett

An educated man is thoroughly inoculated against humbug, thinks for himself and tries to give his thoughts, in speech or on paper, some style. — Alan K. Simpson

He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace. — Hesiod

I remembered a definition of chivalry I'd heard once: a man protecting a woman against every man but himself. — James Anderson

Had been a year earlier. Looking back, it had been a year of growth. Paul's personality had enlarged, he'd gained further wisdom, if not salary, — Julia Child

Certainly, people feel awkward when they have their photograph taken. They want to see it, but they don't want to see it. — Nigel Barker

Our team is good at getting dressed real quick, because we're the type of team that wears their uniforms all day. — Jim Carroll

For if God Himself became man, this man, what else can this mean but that He declared himself guilty of the contradiction against Himself — Karl Barth

That was the moment my heart threaded with hers. It was as if someone reached down with a sewing needle and stitched my soul to hers — Tarryn Fisher

No man can break any of the Ten Commandments. He can only break himself against them. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

Believe me, my boy, women don't love a man for himself but as a weapon against other women. — Irene Nemirovsky

Every law that God has given has been for man's benefit. If man breaks it, he is not only rebelling against God; he is hurting himself. — Billy Graham

A man who works evil against another works it really against himself, and bad advice is worst for the one who devised it — Hesiod

You're problem is, you underestimate me because I'm a woman. — Ilona Andrews

The inflection point at which we have arrived is one in which we are increasingly seizing the keys to all creation, as astonding as that might seem. — Joel Garreau

In vain I have looked for a single man capable of seeing his own faults and bringing the charge home against himself. — Confucius

But man is a part of nature, and his war against nature is inevitably a war against himself. — Rachel Carson

I'm a gun owner. — Patrick Leahy

The furious behaviour of an angry man is more likely to exasperate us against himself than against his enemies. — Adam Smith

There is nothing against which an old man should be so much upon his guard as putting himself to nurse. — Samuel Johnson

Let us define 'man' as a poet perpetually conspiring against himself. — Lawrence Durrell

To gain wisdom, you must not only acquire knowledge, but you must assimilate it within your being. — Debasish Mridha

But never had their youthful beauty seemed so pure and high, as when its glow was chastened by adversity. — Nathaniel Hawthorne

Dad has always said that a man who raises a hand against a female lowers himself beneath her feet. — Erin Watt

A man protesting against error is on the way towards uniting himself with all men that believe in truth. — Thomas Carlyle

Beware of men with theories that explain everything. Trust those who approach the world with humility and cautious insight. The — Mark Bowden

The man who fights too long against dragons becomes a dragon himself. — Friedrich Nietzsche

A man that puts himself on the ground of moral principle, if the whole world be against him, is mightier than all of them. — Henry Ward Beecher

It is too great comfort which turns a man against himself. Life is most readily renounced at the time and among the classes where it is least harsh. — Emile Durkheim

Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means, without sinning against his own soul. The evil effect on himself is certain. — Robert Southey