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Man is the measure of all things.


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Man is the measure of all things
PROTAGORAS Empathy is the new measurement of everything. It doesn't matter what religion you have, what God you...
C. JOYBELL C. To help all created things, that is the measure of all our responsibility; to be helped by all, that...
GERALD VANN Man cannot be 'the measure of all things'; for he himself was not aware when he came into being.
KIMTO OCHE EMMANUEL There is measure in all things.
HORACE The measure of a man is what he does with power.
PLATO Being present is being connected to All Things.
S. KELLEY HARRELL, M. DIV. Man is manifestly not the measure of all things. This universe is shot through with mystery. The ver...
SAM HARRIS To measure up to all that is demanded of him, a man must overestimate his capacities
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Education is not the sole measure of any man.
MARICEL CONSOLACION The measure of a man is his state of mind.
LAILAH GIFTY AKITA Have patience with all things, But, first of all with yourself.
SAINT FRANCIS DE SALES The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
PETER NIVIO ZARLENGA Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.
HESIOD The true measure of a man is what he would do if he knew he would never be caught.
LORD KELVIN To measure the man, measure his heart.
MALCOLM FORBES To measure the man, measure his heart.
MALCOLM STEVENSON FORBES To measure the man, measure his heart.
MALCOLM S. FORBES The ability to accept responsibility is the measure of the man.
ROY L. HUNT The ability to accept responsibility is the measure of the man.
ROY L. SMITH It is we who are the measure of what is strange and miraculous: if we sought a universal measure the...
GEORG CHRISTOPH LICHTENBERG The measure of a man is what he does with power.
PITTACUS Protagoras asserted that there are two sides to every question, exactly opposite to each other.
DIOGENES The measure of a man is way he bears up under misfortune
PLUTARCH Man is the measure of all things', said the Sophist Protagora (c. 485-410 B.C.). By that he meant th...
JOSTEIN GAARDER The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
PLUTARCH If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives.
ROBERT SOUTH For, once man is declared 'the measure of all things,' there is no longer a true, or a good, or a ju...
BERTRAND DE JOUVENEL The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do himabsolutely no good.
ANN LANDERS I'm glad that's one of the things I chose to do as a man - to be a father to my child.
BIG BOI The measure of a man is what he does when he has power.
PIERCE BROWN The measure of a man is not how great his faith is, but how great his love is. We must not let gover...
J. C. WATTS All's well that carries on well
AMIT ABRAHAM The good man is the friend of all living things.
MAHATMA GANDHI The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
SAMUEL JOHNSON All things must; man is the only creature that wills.
FRIEDRICH SCHILLER All living things contain a measure of madness that moves them in strange, sometimes inexplicable wa...
YANN MARTEL The true measure of a man is his dignity in defeat and humility in victory
DONALD A KITSON The measure of a truly great man is the courtesy with which he treats lesser men.
SOURCE UNKNOWN Monotheism and an absolute God define one another.

The absolute is a mental construct, an...
HAROUTIOUN BOCHNAKIAN The manner of his departure became the true measure of the man,
GORDON BROWN All living things contain a measure of madness that moves them in a strange, sometimes inexplicable ...
YANN MARTEL The heart is deceitful and wicked in everyone; the Holy Spirit changes even the most wretched sinner...
NORM TOMLINSON Woe unto you if you have come to this world just to fear man,for man is nothing but ordinary dust wi...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) The power of man;Man does not only have the power to accomplish great & unbelievable things in life,...
DAVID ATTA (A.K.A DAVIED ATTLARS & MR DAIN) The measure of a man is not what is in his paycheck, but what is in his heart.
CRISTABEL MICHAELS The true measure of a man is how he treats you when others are not looking.
ALESSANDRA TORRE The true measure of a man is not his intelligence or how high he rises in this freak establishment. ...
PHILIP K. DICK Purity is all in the heart of love beyond measure
JEFFREY LEE GIBSON JR. There are many things that you can't measure. But the great fun of what I do for a living is fig...
BILL JAMES I do not confer praise or blame: I accept. I am the measure of all things. I am the centre of the wo...
W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM Man cannot measure the bounds nor fathom the depths of divine forgiveness...
JAMES E. TALMAGE It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and prefer things in measure to things in exces...
SENECA (SENECA THE ELDER) It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and prefer things in measure to things in exces...
SENECA The measure of man is not what he appropriates from society but what he bequeaths to society.
RICHARD JOHN VAN ZYL The measure of a man is not the number of servants he has, but the number of people he serves.
UNKNOWN If you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
J. K. ROWLING The measure of success is happiness and peace of mind.
BOBBY DAVRO All things for all men, since all men have need of them, since all men worked to produce them in the...
PETER KROPOTKIN It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in ex...
LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA The measure of a man is not the number of his servants, but in the number of people whom he serves.
PAUL D. MOODY The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
ANN LANDERS The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
IVAN ILLICH The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
ANN LANDERS The measure of choosing well, is, whether a man likes and finds good in what he has chosen
CHARLES LAMB The cathedral, at its noblest, is the best outward symbol of the spiritual nature of man, as it is a...
JENKIN LLOYD JONES There are two sides to every question.
PROTAGORAS Let us hold our discussion together in our own persons, making trial of the truth and of ourselves.
PROTAGORAS No intelligent man believes that anybody ever willingly errs or willingly does base and evil deeds; ...
PROTAGORAS The art of measurement, by showing us the truth would have brought our soul into the repose of abidi...
PROTAGORAS You, Socrates, began by saying that virtue can't be taught, and now you are insisting on the opposit...
PROTAGORAS The Athenians are right to accept advice from anyone, since it is incumbent on everyone to share in ...
PROTAGORAS No intelligent man believes that anybody ever willingly errs or willingly does base and evil deeds; ...
PROTAGORAS When it comes to consideration of how to do well in running the city, which must proceed entirely th...
PROTAGORAS As to gods, I have no way of knowing either that they exist or do not exist, or what they are like
PROTAGORAS What is life but the angle of vision? A man is measured by the angle at which he looks at objects. W...
RALPH WALDO EMERSON There are many things you can measure that don't matter and many things that matter that you can't m...
LAURIE LACHANCE The cause of America is in a great measure the cause of all mankind
THOMAS PAINE The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but wher...
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. Success is not the measure of a man but a triumph over those who choose to hold him back.
BILL CLINTON The fool thinks himself to be wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool. Measure For Measure
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Old age is the most unexpected of all things that happen to a man
LEON TROTSKY The measure of a man is not in how he gets knocked to the mat, it is in how he gets up.
JEPH LOEB Since we are assured that the all-wise Creator has observed the most exact proportions of number, we...
STEPHEN HALES When living is too sweet and swanky, it may be very hard to appreciate the simplest things in life. ...
ERIK PEVERNAGIE Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that happen to a man.
LEON TROTSKY We shall see but little way if we require to understand what we see. How few things can a man measur...
HENRY DAVID THOREAU All things must; man is the only creature that wills.
FRIEDRICH VON SCHILLER If I have any desire at all, it is to show the brotherhood of man. This is a big statement and it so...
WILLIAM SAROYAN The mission of the playwright is to look in his heart and write, to write whatever concerns him at t...
ROBERT ANDERSON O, what may man within him hide, Though angel on the outward side! -Measure for Measure. Act iii. S...
WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE The measure of love is to love without measure.
AUGUSTINE OF HIPPO What is the destiny of man, but to fill up the measure of his sufferings, and to drink his allotted ...
JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE Self-will in the man who does not reckon wisely is by itself the weakest of all things.
AESCHYLUS No man can in any measure resemble the scripture saints.
CHARLES SIMEON Do all things with love.
OG MANDINO I can't be all things to everyone.
DELTA GOODREM Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man.
LEON TROTSKY Old age is the most unexpected of all the things that can happen to a man.
JAMES THURBER Time is change; we measure its passing by how much things alter.
NADINE GORDIMER

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There are two sides to every question.
PROTAGORAS Let us hold our discussion together in our own persons, making trial of the truth and of ourselves.
PROTAGORAS No intelligent man believes that anybody ever willingly errs or willingly does base and evil deeds; ...
PROTAGORAS The art of measurement, by showing us the truth would have brought our soul into the repose of abidi...
PROTAGORAS You, Socrates, began by saying that virtue can't be taught, and now you are insisting on the opposit...
PROTAGORAS The Athenians are right to accept advice from anyone, since it is incumbent on everyone to share in ...
PROTAGORAS No intelligent man believes that anybody ever willingly errs or willingly does base and evil deeds; ...
PROTAGORAS When it comes to consideration of how to do well in running the city, which must proceed entirely th...
PROTAGORAS As to gods, I have no way of knowing either that they exist or do not exist, or what they are like
PROTAGORAS Man is the measure of all things
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