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manage

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1. manage - Noun

2. manage - Verb

Meaning

The handling or government of anything, but esp. of a horse; management; administration. See Manege.

To have under control and direction; to conduct; to guide; to administer; to treat; to handle.

Hence: Esp., to guide by careful or delicate treatment; to wield with address; to make subservient by artful conduct; to bring around cunningly to one's plans.

To train in the manege, as a horse; to exercise in graceful or artful action.

To treat with care; to husband.

To bring about; to contrive.

To direct affairs; to carry on business or affairs; to administer.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a very clever woman to manage a fool. Rudyard Kipling

Your vision will be clearer only when you manage to see within your heart. Carl Jung

If your emotional abilities aren't in hand, if you don't have self-awareness, if you are not able to manage your distressing emotions, if you can't have empathy and have effective relationships, then no matter how smart you are, you are not going to get very far. Daniel Goleman

Manage with bread and salted butter until God brings something to eat with it. Moroccan Proverb

An imbecile can manage his own affairs better than a wise man the affairs of other people. Arabic Proverb

To have a clear tongue is better than having goods which you can't manage well. Yemeni Proverb

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