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Bram Stoker

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KARL JASPERS Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only belie...
ISIDORE DUCASSE LAUTREAMONT Throughout the centuries, man has considered himself beautiful. I rather suppose that man only belie...
COMTE DE LAUTREAMONT A true man of honor feels humbled himself when he cannot help humbling others.
ROBERT E. LEE Such is the great nature of man, it resides the true face beneath a glittering masquerade.
HARI KUMAR K Look, Mr. uh, Wulf I appreciate your trying to warn me about this, Ireally do. But there's no such t...
MEG CABOT It is not often that a man can make opportunities for himself. But he can put himself in such shape ...
THEODORE ROOSEVELT Ooh, he just shot himself in the face. The man with the shotgun stepped out of the door and just put...
WILLIAM LOWE A true man is one who finds in himself no Vanity, Arrogance or Self-Importance but rather humbles hi...
POATE J MATAIRAVULA No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, with...
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE It is wonderful what tricks our dreams play us, and how conveniently we can imagine.
BRAM STOKER Why does truth carry such a dreadful face? Why does subjugation carry such a happy mask? It becomes ...
LIONEL SUGGS ...no one can afford not to be a man. No position can compensate for coming face to face with a robo...
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT It is a true miracle when a man finally sees himself as his only opposition.
VERNON HOWARD It is a true miracle when a man finally sees himself as his only opposition
VERNON HOWARD The greatest challenge man will face is himself.
E. L. MCDOWELL How can you call that man ugly when he showers you with praise and compliments? You! Who plasters he...
GIDEON O. OMORUYI No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, ...
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, with...
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, wit...
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, withou...
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, with...
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself, and another to the multitude, wit...
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE Man stands face to face with the irrational. He feels within him his longing for happiness and for r...
ALBERT CAMUS When a man puts on a Character he is a stranger to, there's as much difference between what he appe...
JEAN DE LA BRUYERE But I know just what it feels like to have a voice in the back of my head, like a face that I hold i...
LINKIN PARK Wishful thinking is wanting the person to be something they're not. Look past your preconception, th...
HIKARU MIYOSHI Every man has a vocation to be someone: but he must understand clearly that in order to fulfill this...
STEPHEN COPE When a man begins to understand himself he begins to live. When he begins to live he begins to under...
NORVIN MCGRANAHAN When a man begins to understand himself he begins to live. When he begins to live he begins to under...
NORVIN MCGRANAHAN A man is as old as he feels himself to be.
ENGLISH PROVERB It is aptly said FACEBOOK for it being used only as a BOOK by most people for the compilation of own...
ANUJ SOMANY The true value of man is shown when with all freedom possible, he sets himself limits.
ANONYMOUS What teachings can be imparted to those who have the Divine Guru Nanak as their Guru? We understand ...
SRI GURU GRANTH SAHIB When people do come face to face with each other as human beings, they begin to understand each othe...
CAROLYN CHUTE A true Vor, Miles told himself severely, does not bury his face in his liegewoman's breasts and cry�...
LOIS MCMASTER BUJOLD A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; if he does not love solitude, he will not love fre...
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER To a true artist only that face is beautiful which, quite apart from its exterior, shines with the t...
MAHATMA GANDHI He turned, registering a face with blond hair, and for a split second he thought it was Will Solace....
RICK RIORDAN The thing about Strummer was he walked it like he talked it, ... He didn't cop out. He didn't show o...
BILLY BRAGG A man can be himself only so long as he is alone; and if he does not love solitude, he will not love...
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER A man can be himself only so long as he is alone, and if he does not love solitude, he will not love...
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER What has a man's face to do with his character? Can a man of good character help having a disagreeab...
ANN RADCLIFFE It took us by surprise when Martin pulled himself out of it. I can see his point of view. As a young...
ERNIE WHITT After reading all that has been written, and after thinking all that can be thought, on the topics o...
EDGAR ALLAN POE The only question which any wise man can ask himself, and which any honest man will ask himself, is ...
THOMAS HUXLEY You only mature when you face problems you can't deal with.
RALPH WAITE Its only when people see the fiery tears rolling down your face when they finally realize the deep p...
JESUS BARRAZA There are vampires. They are real, they are of our time, and they are here, close by, stalking us as...
NICKY RAVEN Man is a fallen star till he is right with heaven: he is out of order with himself and all around hi...
CHARLES HADDON SPURGEON Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expr...
BENJAMIN DISRAELI To pursue wisdom is to live in such a way that one is prepared to face death when it comes. (247)
GREGORY BASSHAM When standing face to face with myself, I far too often refuse to look in the mirror. When standing ...
CRAIG D. LOUNSBROUGH A man's work reveals him. In social intercourse he gives you the surface that he wishes the world to...
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM The import of his statement is that beneath the veneer of a brave face, there is underlying fear of ...
ELDRED MASUNUNGURE Weeks, he thought to himself. I’ll be thinking about that face for weeks.
ADI ALSAID He can say some things from the pulpit that he can't say face to face.
VIRGINIA PEARCE What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face as painted by such or such paint...
PABLO PICASSO What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face as painted by such or such paint...
PABLO PICASSO When men are brought face to face with their opponents, forced to listen and learn and mend their id...
WALTER LIPPMANN Death comes to us all; we can only choose how to face it when it comes.
ROBERT JORDAN A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.
ARTHUR SCHOPENHAUER Windisch closes his eyes. He feels his eyes. He feels his eyeballs in his hands. His eyes without a ...
HERTA MüLLER Life is the art of being well deceived; and in order that the deception may No man, for any consider...
NATHANIEL HAWTHORNE A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of hi...
ALBERT SCHWEITZER Ooh, he just shot himself in the face.
WILLIAM LOWE The individual is handicapped by coming face-to-face with a conspiracy so monstrous he cannot believ...
J. EDGAR HOOVER A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the...
SIR ISAAC NEWTON A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the...
ISAAC NEWTON Every man has some reminiscences which he would not tell to everyone, but only to his friends. He ha...
FYODOR DOSTOYEVSKY What is a face, really? Its own photo? Its make-up? Or is it a face as painted by such or such paint...
PABLO PICASSO You can see it in his face. He is excited. I can tell. Last year he was down in the dumps. You can t...
MARK WALTERS A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of hi...
ALBERT SCHWEITZER Intelligence is only relevant when applied, what matters more is that a man can laugh at himself
DANIEL ROBERT O'NEILL Only in a state of solitude, when you willingly stay face to face with God, can He help you to open ...
SUNDAY ADELAJA Let us face ourselves bravely as we are. For only a philosophy that recognizes reality can lead us ...
LIN YUTANG There are two circumstances that lead to arrogance: one is when you're wrong and you can't face it; ...
CRISS JAMI When someone is happy and satisfied with himself and things around him, divine grace resides at his ...
GIRDHAR JOSHI His brow is wet with honest sweat, He earns whate'er he can; And looks the whole world in the face, ...
HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW A writer never reads his work. For him, it is the unreadable, a secret, and he cannot remain face to...
MAURICE BLANCHOT For we can now understand why it was that a man true to his conscience, in circumstances of such con...
GORDON BROWN You should praise, criticize and flirt with people right to their face, only then it will make a dif...
AMIT KALANTRI What is the vanity of the vainest man compared with the vanity which the most modest possesses when,...
FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE Wars fought over a face like this,” he murmured like he was talking to himself, my heart stopped b...
KRISTEN ASHLEY He dribbles a lot and the opposition don't like it - you can see it all over their face
RON ATKINSON Anyone can face ease and success with confidence. It is the way we face trouble and misfortune that ...
JOE ABERCROMBIE Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether he f...
WILLIAM JAMES Every man who possibly can should force himself to a holiday of a full month in a year, whether h...
WILLIAM JAMES It is only when a man tames his own demons that he becomes the king of himself if not of the world.
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VOLTAIRE A true leader is still a leader even when he takes up servants' duty, provided he maintains a human ...
ISRAELMORE AYIVOR There are at least two kinds of cowards. One kind always lives with himself, afraid to face the wo...
ROSCOE SNOWDEN For truth has such a face and such a mien, as to be loved needs only to be seen.
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DAVID GALLOP It is difficult to make a man miserable while he feels he is worthy of himself and claims kindred to...
ABRAHAM LINCOLN One of the good things that come of a true marriage is, that there is one face on which changes come...
G. MACDONALD Surely a man has come to himself only when he has found the best that is in him, and has satisfied h...
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BRAM STOKER Enter freely and of your own free will!
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