A man can stand a lot as long as he can stand himself. He can live without hope, without friends, without books, even without music, as long as he can listen to his own thoughts.
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We may live without conscience, and live without heart;... LORD LYTTON (EDWARD ROBERT BULWER LYTTON) ("OWEN MEREDITH") He was as great as a man can be without morality. ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE He was as great as a man can be without morality ALEXIS DE TOCQUEVILLE And if you can’t shape your life the way you want, at least try as much as you can not to degrade ... CONSTANTINOS P. CAVAFIS If few can stand a long war without deterioration of soul, none can stand a long peace. OSWALD SPENGLER As far as I can judge, not much good can be done without disturbing something or somebody. EDWARD BLAKE Man is young as long as he can repeat his emotions; woman, as long as she can inspire them HONORE DE BALZAC Sex is interesting, but it's not totally important. I mean it's not even as important (physically) a... CHARLES BUKOWSKI There's no sort o' mistake in little Bullet. He can pick up miles on his feet, and fling ... AUGUSTUS BALDWIN LONGSTREET A man can be himself only so long as he is alone. ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER He could not live without adversaries, no more than a tree can live without soil; like mangrove tree... PETER EVANS Those without wisdom can see as well as a blind man those without wisdom think as much as a madman. BRANDON WILLIAM PETER LUISI Anybody can do this. As long as they can use scissors, have an iron, and can use it without burning ... LORA BARSHON How can you build credibility without grandstanding as you strive to stand apart from the crowd? SUSAN C. YOUNG You can stand tall without standing on someone. You can be a victor without having victims. HARRIET WOODS If they can live without power, if they can live without heat, they sure as heck can live without wa... DAVE SORENSON As a man begins to live more seriously within; he begins to live more simply without. UNKNOWN He is doing what he can from his bully pulpit but he is not in a position to actively engage as a me... FRED ECKHARD I'm not funny. Never have been and, as far as I can tell, I never will be. DAVID DOBKIN Nobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without trouble. CARL JUNG Nobody, as long as he moves about among the chaotic currents of life, is without trouble. CARL GUSTAV JUNG I have matured with the realization that I can live without a man! LANA TURNER Only man is permitted to live without rhythm in order that he can become free. However, he must of h... RUDOLF STEINER As long as I have teeth, I'll keep playing. You can't play trumpet without teeth. LIONEL FERBOS Power & Money are fruits of life! But Family &Friends re roots of life! We can manage withou... DANIEL FRIDAY DANZOR as man can't jump without bending, so also he can't succeed without failure STEPHEN .R. ANYAEGBU He who receives ideas from me, receives instruction himself without lessening mine; as he who lights... THOMAS JEFFERSON Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means, without sinning against his own... ROBERT SOUTHEY There is no such thing as a man without friends, just a man who thinks he should have none. RYAN THACKER This is too much reality for a Friday. AS GOOD AS IT GETS We can restore at a sector/track level without any preparation, and restore the specified amount of ... MARK PHILLIPPI It's amazing that a man who is dead can talk to people through these pages. As long as this books su... CHRISTOPHER PAOLINI Weariness.Nothing is so insufferable to man as to be completely at rest, without passions, without b... BLAISE PASCAL Man finds nothing so intolerable as to be in a state of complete rest, without passions, without occ... BLAISE PASCAL You can answer a door without letting someone in, just as you can acknowledge a thought without havi... ALAN ROBERT NEAL A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her. OSCAR WILDE A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her. OSCAR WILDE A man can be happy with any woman as long as he does not love her OSCAR WILDE Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes with... GEORGE ILES Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes with... CHARLES DARWIN Man can live about forty days without food, about three days without water, about eight minutes with... KAREN RAVN One receives as reward for much ennui, despondency, boredom --such as a solitude without friends, bo... FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE And this is the unwritten history of man, his unseen, negative accomplishment, his power to do witho... SAUL BELLOW He still has to be careful about possible muscular injuries as he's spent a long time without playin... DONATO VILLANI He who imagines he can do without the world deceives himself much; but he who fancies the world cann... FRANCOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD He who imagines he can do without the world deceives himself much; but he who fancies the world cann... FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD We like people to stay and try our beds as long as they can. How are you going to find a comfortable... JANET MORAN I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all the ki... KURT VONNEGUT You realize the limits of your body. The thing you don't want to do is freak out and swim hard. At s... CAN OSTEN Kurtuluş Savaşı yılları... Türkiye Cumhuriyeti'nin kuruluşunda emeği geçen ama gölgede kal... CAN DüNDAR Divers have found there is no air left in the holds of the ship. That means sea water has filled the... CAN KARACA They must be all dead, if there is anybody else in those holds. CAN KARACA There is little hope to find them alive. CAN KARACA Bi sen eksiktin ayışığı Gümüş bir tüy dikmek için manzaraya! CAN YüCEL But now being lifted into high society,
And having pick'd up several odds and ends
Of free tho... LORD BYRON (GEORGE GORDON NOEL BYRON) As long as my record stands in federal court, any American citizen can be held in prison or concentr... FRED KOREMATSU Well, I can type all day without getting tired. [In response to a question as to which he preferred,... ISAAC ASIMOV Only fools wait, and only tools bait. CRE There are approximately two trillion cells in the human body. You are never alone, there are always ... DWIGHT W. HAYES He stepped down, trying not to look long at her, as if she were the sun, yet he saw her, like the su... LEO TOLSTOY Since man cannot live without miracles, he will provide himself with miracles of his own making. He ... FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY His skin is as thin as tissue paper. He was born without a specific collagen. DAPHNE MAYHEW Laughing together is as close as you can get to a hug without touching. GINA BARRECA In Cloud computing the difference between a dark cloud and a cloud with a silver lining, is the part... RAJAT MOHAN You can seduce a man without taking anything off, without even touching him. RAE DAWN CHONG You can seduce a man without taking anything off, without even touching him RAE DAWN CHONG I don't think we'd have survived the season without having a shortstop that can produce. He's proven... ADAM LAROCHE No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend until he is unhappy. THOMAS FULLER No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend until he is unhappy. THOMAS FULLER No wise man can have a contempt for the prejudices of others; and he should even stand in a certain ... WILLIAM HAZLITT What Englishman will give his mind to politics as long as he can afford to keep a motor car? GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Life's irony;As selfish as man is to others,he is also selfish to himself,for he got no time to even... DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) It starts to form something we're very comfortable with. He's versatile. He can spot start, he can l... BRIAN CASHMAN I can well conceive a man without hands, feet, head. But I cannot conceive man without thought; he w... BLAISE PASCAL No man is obliged to do as much as he can do. A man is to have part of his life to himself. SAMUEL JOHNSON Our job as writers, as far as I can tell, is to attempt to express what seems inexpressible. NICK FLYNN Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification; and as without this, without holiness, no man shall ... JOHN DONNE On a practical level I'm a TV producer and storyteller who's gone about as long as you can g... DAVID SIMON He's pretty good. His whole demeanor's good. He's a golfer. He hits it long without even trying, alm... BILL LEAGUE He stepped down trying not to look long at her, as though she were the sun, yet he saw her as one se... LEO TOLSTOY I can never think of you as a friend. You can do without a friend. GRAHAM GREENE He has embarrassed the government. By continuing as minister without portfolio he has earned himself... ARUN JAITLEY Neither love nor fire can subsist without perpetual motion; both cease to live so soon as they cease... FRANçOIS DE LA ROCHEFOUCAULD He's a great athlete. He can play multiple positions, he can throw and run. As the quarterback, he h... CARLOS HARVEST As cheesy as it sounds, nothing beats a smile and a bit of confidence! As long as you feel good on t... ZOE SUGG A house without books is like a room without windows. No man has a right to bring up his children wi... HORACE MANN It don't matter as long as he can count up to ten. SONNY LISTON No man can help another without helping himself. RALPH WALDO EMERSON He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe is as good as dead; his eyes are closed. ALBERT EINSTEIN He who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead; his eyes are closed. ALBERT EINSTEIN I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds ... KURT VONNEGUT A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he parti... LEO TOLSTOY I can only be so long without work before I start getting antsy. MORGAN FREEMAN An Innocent Man Is Never Frightened By the Truth; But A Guilty Man Will Try To Hide It As Long As He... PATTY RASE HOPSON I can live without money, but I cannot live without love. JUDY GARLAND Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he can and should be and he wi... STEPHEN R. COVEY I would advise young artists . . . to paint as they can, as long as they can, without being afraid o... CLAUDE MONET I see people with laptops as being enslaved to something they can't live without. STEPHEN REA He got hosed today. I hope I can say that without getting in trouble. SCOTT EYRE A hero can go anywhere, challenge anyone, as long as he has the nerve. RICK RIORDAN
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What you keep to yourself you lose, what you give away, you keep forever. AXEL MUNTHE Telephones! The curse of idle women. AXEL MUNTHE The wild, cruel beast is not behind the bars of the cage. He is in front of it. AXEL MUNTHE Obey the gods and your prayers will not be heard.
Obey the king and your prayers will not be heard.
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