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I have found men to be more kind than I expected, and less just
A man may be so much of everything that he is nothing of anything
At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst
In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play
Man is more ape than many of the apes
He divines remedies against injuries; he knows how to turn serious accidents to his own advantage; whatever does not kill him makes him stronger
He only fears men who does not know them, and he who avoids them will soon misjudge them
What is not in a man cannot come out of him surely
It is easier to know mankind in general than man individually
Every man bears the whole stamp of the human condit
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