every man

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every man

each man, all men

Not to be confused with:

everyman – an ordinary person representative of humanity; an ordinary man representative of all men

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I hope the times are a coming when we shall make fools of them, and every man shall enjoy his own.

If the will of every man were free, that is, if each man could act as he pleased, all history would be a series of disconnected incidents.

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Every man beholds his human condition with a degree of melancholy.

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But when printed books increased in number quickly, when every man could see for himself what the printed words looked like, these differences began to die out.

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The Horse chose his earliest years and gave them his own attributes: hence every man is in his youth impetuous, headstrong, and obstinate in maintaining his own opinion.

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In a year and a half every man in California will have a wart on his Nose.

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But the old statesman knows that society is fluid; there are no such roots and centres, but any particle may suddenly become the centre of the movement and compel the system to gyrate round it; as every man of strong will, like Pisistratus, or Cromwell, does for a time, and every man of truth, like Plato or Paul, does forever.

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"If workingmen don't stick to their Sunday," said Truman, "they'll soon have none left; it is every man's right and every beast's right.

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The first affirmed, "the justest method would be, to lay a certain tax upon vices and folly; and the sum fixed upon every man to be rated, after the fairest manner, by a jury of his neighbours." The second was of an opinion directly contrary; "to tax those qualities of body and mind, for which men chiefly value themselves; the rate to be more or less, according to the degrees of excelling; the decision whereof should be left entirely to their own breast." The highest tax was upon men who are the greatest favourites of the other sex, and the assessments, according to the number and nature of the favours they have received; for which, they are allowed to be their own vouchers.

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The delicacy and magnitude of a trust which so deeply concerns the political reputation and existence of every man engaged in the administration of public affairs, speak for themselves.

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"You are of course aware that every Man has two mouths or voices -- as well as two eyes -- a bass at one and a tenor at the other of his extremities.

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When a party of trappers is on a journey with a convoy of goods or peltries, every man has three pack-horses under his care; each horse laden with three packs.