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men listening wish
Of all bad listeners, the worst and most terrible to encounter is the man who is so fond of listening that he wishes to hear, not only your conversation, but that of every other person in the room. Charles Dickens
men
Poetry's unnat'ral; no man ever talked poetry 'cept a beadle on boxin' day.
men brotherhood common
The more man knows of man, the better for the common brotherhood among men.
men fellow-man spirit
It is required of every man," the ghost returned, "that the spirit within him should walk abroad among his fellow-men, and travel far and wide; and, if that spirit goes not forth in life, it is condemned to do so after death.
men laughing people
When a man bleeds inwardly, it is a dangerous thing for himself; but when he laughs inwardly, it bodes no good to other people.
men judging world
Most men unconsciously judge the world from themselves, and it will be very generally found that those who sneer habitually at human nature, and affect to despise it, are among its worst and least pleasant samples.
men talking two
When we are in the company of sensible men, we ought to be doubly cautious of talking too much, lest we lose two good things, their good opinion and our own improvement; for what we have to say we know, but what they have to say we know not. Charles Caleb Colton
men years two
No man can promise himself even fifty years of life, but any man may, if he please, live in the proportion of fifty years in forty-let him rise early, that he may have the day before him, and let him make the most of the day, by determining to expend it on two sorts of acquaintance only-those by whom something may be got, and those from whom something maybe learned.
men two rogues
There are two modes of establishing our reputation; to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues.
succeed looking-good
I never thought I wouldnt succeed. Not because I thought I was good-looking - I just thought I would make it. Babette March
succeed election dictator
I will die. The person who succeeds me will also have to die. But elections, you won't have. Augusto Pinochet
succeed failing prerequisites
Failure is an absolute prerequisite for success. You learn to succeed by failing. Brian Tracy
succeed firsts ifs
If at first you don't succeed, C4 Jamie Hyneman
succeed needs tools
Pessimism blunts the tools you need to succeed. Bruce Lee
succeed technique losing
To succeed at selling a losing product, you must develop seriously superior sales techniques. In addition, you have to be massively competitive and incredibly hungry to survive in that environment. Ben Horowitz
succeed conversation shows
The best shows succeed because they tap into a national conversation, Damian Lewis
succeed hollywood film
Euthanasia is legal in Hollywood. They just kill the film if it doesn't succeed immediately. Dustin Hoffman
succeed crowds remember
[The crowd] will finally succeed in remembering only the simplest concepts repeated a thousand times. Adolf Hitler
imitation repetition observation
We learn by observation, imitation and repetition. Denis Waitley
imitation equal predecessors
To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth. Baltasar Gracian
imitation acquire
It is by imitation, far more than by precept, that we learn everything; and what we learn thus, we acquire not only more effectually, but more pleasantly. Edmund Burke
imitation creation apprehension
The apprehension of necessity is an imitation of creation. Simone Weil
imitation memes term
The evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins in 1976 coined the term ‘meme’ for a unit of cultural imitation. Matt Ridley
imitation-of-life wells
Well, I'm going up and up and up--and nobody's going to pull me down! Lana Turner
imitation envious
I’m the only authentic Vlad. Everyone else is merely an envious imitation. Jeaniene Frost
imitation conviction
Who has no own conviction dissipates himself in the imitation of others. Ernst Moritz Arndt
imitation absurdity copies
The only good copies are those which make us see the absurdity of bad originals. Francois de La Rochefoucauld