2 Raym. Rep. 954.
Ashby v. White (1703)
“If a man loses his reverence for any part of life, he will lose his reverence for all of life.”
“One has a right to judge a man by the effect he has over his friends.”
Source: The Myth of Male Power (1993), Part II: The Glass Cellars of the disposable sex, p. 172.
As quoted in Book Of Happiness, by Jagdish Gupta https://books.google.co.in/books?id=H7cwBQAAQBAJ&pg=PA101&lpg=PA101&dq=Unlike+a+drop+of+water+which+loses+its+identity+when+it+joins+the+ocean,+man+does+not+lose+his+being+in+the+society+in+which+he+lives.+Man%27s+life+is+i&source=bl&ots=eVeEf_7dR3&sig=88DaiaoPeTdFtzRM73yLcZmasVg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CEMQ6AEwB2oVChMIh7H05PiSyAIVRNSOCh2zIABs#v=onepage&q=Unlike%20a%20drop%20of%20water%20which%20loses%20its%20identity%20when%20it%20joins%20the%20ocean%2C%20man%20does%20not%20lose%20his%20being%20in%20the%20society%20in%20which%20he%20lives.%20Man%27s%20life%20is%20i&f=false
Variant: Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives. Man's life is independent. He is born not for the development of the society alone, but for the development of his self.
“What profit it a man if he gain the whole world but in this enterprise lose his soul?”
Source: The Man in the High Castle
For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto (1973)
Source: The Letters of Vincent van Gogh
“A man with wife and daughters has no place losing his temper.”
Source: Drenai series, Legend, Pt 1: Against the Horde, Ch. 7
