Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

men

Women may fall when there's no strength in men. 81 thoughts from William Shakespeare

As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also. 70 quotes from Thomas Jefferson

As to the deceit perpetrated upon women, let it pass, for, when love is in the way, men and women as a general rule dupe each other. 4 quotes from Giacomo Casanova

But men are men the best sometimes forget. 81 more quotes from William Shakespeare

Faith, there hath been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them. 81 wisdom & wit from William Shakespeare

Fishes live in the sea, as men do a-land the great ones eat up the little ones. 81 other thoughts from William Shakespeare

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals. 13 other quotes from Immanuel Kant

Heaven and hell suppose two distinct species of men, the good and the bad. But the greatest part of mankind float betwixt vice and virtue. 16 more quotes from David Hume

I am an agnostic I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of. 14 thoughts from Clarence Darrow

I have no ambition to govern men it is a painful and thankless office. 70 more quotes from Thomas Jefferson

I have no fear that the result of our experiment will be that men may be trusted to govern themselves without a master. 70 views from Thomas Jefferson

If to do were as easy as to know what were good to do, chapels had been churches, and poor men's cottage princes' palaces. 81 more quotes from William Shakespeare

If we are marked to die, we are enough to do our country loss and if to live, the fewer men, the greater share of honor. 81 more thoughts from William Shakespeare

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good. 70 thoughts from Thomas Jefferson

It was the men I deceived the most that I loved the most. 4 thoughts from Marguerite Duras

Labor disgraces no man unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor. 6 views from Ulysses S. Grant

Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course. 81 sayings from William Shakespeare

Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live. 41 quotes from Marcus Aurelius

Lord, Lord, how subject we old men are to this vice of lying! 81 more quotes from William Shakespeare

Man as an individual is a genius. But men in the mass form the headless monster, a great, brutish idiot that goes where prodded. 11 thoughts from Charlie Chaplin

Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. Maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives. 81 more quotes from William Shakespeare

Men become much more attractive when they start looking older. But it doesn't do much for women, though we do have an advantage: make-up. 21 quotes from Bette Davis

Men exist for the sake of one another. 41 views from Marcus Aurelius

Men judge us by the success of our efforts. God looks at the efforts themselves. 5 more quotes from Charlotte Bronte

Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active. 27 more thoughts from Leonardo da Vinci

Men often act knowingly against their interest. 16 more quotes from David Hume

Men shut their doors against a setting sun. 81 other wisdom & wit from William Shakespeare

Men's vows are women's traitors! 81 wisdom & wit from William Shakespeare

Only men who are not interested in women are interested in women's clothes. Men who like women never notice what they wear. 20 wisdom & wit from Anatole France

Strong women only marry weak men. 21 more quotes from Bette Davis

The evil that men do lives after them the good is oft interred with their bones. 81 quotes from William Shakespeare

The greatest deception men suffer is from their own opinions. 27 quotes from Leonardo da Vinci

The story of the human race is the story of men and women selling themselves short. 7 more sayings from Abraham Maslow

There have been many great men that have flattered the people who ne'er loved them. 81 sayings from William Shakespeare

There is a natural aristocracy among men. The grounds of this are virtue and talents. 70 wisdom & wit from Thomas Jefferson

There would be no great men if there were no little ones. 12 quotes from George Herbert

Those men get along best with women who can get along best without them. 25 other quotes from Charles Baudelaire

Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty. 70 other quotes from Thomas Jefferson

We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers. 10 sayings from Booker T. Washington

Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions. 23 quotes from Niccolo Machiavelli

Men are strong so long as they represent a strong idea they become powerless when they oppose it. 26 wisdom & wit from Sigmund Freud

Men are what their mothers made them. 135 other views from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Men die in despair, while spirits die in ecstasy. 53 other views from Honore de Balzac

Men have as exaggerated an idea of their rights as women have of their wrongs. 23 other quotes from E. W. Howe

Men love to wonder, and that is the seed of science. 135 quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others. 23 more thoughts from Niccolo Machiavelli

Men should be either treated generously or destroyed, because they take revenge for slight injuries - for heavy ones they cannot. 23 more quotes from Niccolo Machiavelli

Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear. 23 quotes from Niccolo Machiavelli

Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact. 45 quotes from Bertrand Russell

Men's actions are too strong for them. Show me a man who has acted, and who has not been the victim and slave of his action. 135 wisdom & wit from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Men's ideas are the most direct emanations of their material state. 21 more quotes from Karl Marx

Most men pursue pleasure with such breathless haste that they hurry past it. 22 other quotes from Soren Kierkegaard

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing. 135 quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Our duty, as men and women, is to proceed as if limits to our ability did not exist. We are collaborators in creation. 5 quotes from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Produce great men, the rest follows. 30 views from Walt Whitman

Shallow men believe in luck. Strong men believe in cause and effect. 135 quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Some men are alive simply because it is against the law to kill them. 23 wisdom & wit from E. W. Howe

Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are. 52 quotes from Gilbert K. Chesterton

Study men, not historians. 26 thoughts from Harry S. Truman

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him. 23 quotes from Niccolo Machiavelli

The most positive men are the most credulous. 43 other views from Alexander Pope

The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye. 135 more quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson

The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom. 135 other wisdom & wit from Ralph Waldo Emerson

The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood. 135 more quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson

There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them to the right and, again, making all crime mean and ugly. 135 quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson

There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it. 23 quotes from E. W. Howe

Trust men and they will be true to you treat them greatly and they will show themselves great. 135 other views from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men. 135 quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson

We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work. 46 more thoughts from John F. Kennedy

You can kill ten of our men for every one we kill of yours. But even at those odds, you will lose and we will win. 3 other quotes from Ho Chi Minh

Women prefer to talk in twos, while men prefer to talk in threes. 52 quotes from Gilbert K. Chesterton

A great city is that which has the greatest men and women. 30 quotes from Walt Whitman

A man is a god in ruins. When men are innocent, life shall be longer, and shall pass into the immortal, as gently as we awake from dreams. 135 sayings from Ralph Waldo Emerson

All free men, wherever they may live, are citizens of Berlin. And therefore, as a free man, I take pride in the words 'Ich bin ein Berliner!' 46 other quotes from John F. Kennedy

Brave men are all vertebrates they have their softness on the surface and their toughness in the middle. 52 views from Gilbert K. Chesterton

Civilized society is perpetually menaced with disintegration through this primary hostility of men towards one another. 26 more wisdom & wit from Sigmund Freud

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men. 46 more quotes from John F. Kennedy

Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well. 135 wisdom & wit from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men. 52 sayings from Gilbert K. Chesterton

For most men life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed. 3 other quotes from Clifton Paul Fadiman

Good men must not obey the laws too well. 135 views from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Great men are they who see that spiritual is stronger than any material force - that thoughts rule the world. 135 sayings from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never. 135 more quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson

History does nothing it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this. 21 quotes from Karl Marx

I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in this. 22 more wisdom & wit from Soren Kierkegaard

Ideas devour the ages as men are devoured by their passions. When man is cured, human nature will cure itself perhaps. 53 wisdom & wit from Honore de Balzac

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise. 135 quotes from Ralph Waldo Emerson

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles. 23 other quotes from Niccolo Machiavelli

It is our duty as men and women to proceed as though the limits of our abilities do not exist. 5 other views from Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed. 21 wisdom & wit from Karl Marx

Many men are deeply moved by the mere semblance of suffering in a woman they take the look of pain for a sign of constancy or of love. 53 views from Honore de Balzac

Many men have been capable of doing a wise thing, more a cunning thing, but very few a generous thing. 43 sayings from Alexander Pope

Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood and steel and brass. 135 wisdom & wit from Ralph Waldo Emerson

Men are born ignorant, not stupid. They are made stupid by education. 45 quotes from Bertrand Russell

Men are more moral than they think and far more immoral than they can imagine. 26 quotes from Sigmund Freud

'Men have forgotten this truth,' said the fox. 'But you must not forget it. You become responsible, forever, for what you have tamed.' 17 sayings from Antoine de Saint-Exupery

A chief is a man who assumes responsibility. He says 'I was beaten,' he does not say 'My men were beaten.' 17 quotes from Antoine de Saint-Exupery

A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them. 17 thoughts from Antoine de Saint-Exupery

A vigorous temper is not altogether an evil. Men who are easy as an old shoe are generally of little worth. 9 wisdom & wit from Charles Spurgeon

All men are tempted. There is no man that lives that can't be broken down, provided it is the right temptation, put in the right spot. 58 more views from Henry Ward Beecher

All men's miseries derive from not being able to sit in a quiet room alone. 57 more wisdom & wit from Blaise Pascal

Black men don't like to be called 'boys,' but women accept being called 'girls.' 53 more quotes from Marilyn Monroe

Books are not men and yet they stay alive. 58 other quotes from Henry Ward Beecher

Capitalism is the astounding belief that the most wickedest of men will do the most wickedest of things for the greatest good of everyone. 10 thoughts from John Maynard Keynes

Girls shouldn't worry about being the equal of men in the business world. 53 other quotes from Marilyn Monroe

God appoints our graces to be nurses to other men's weaknesses. 58 wisdom & wit from Henry Ward Beecher

He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them. 6 thoughts from Charles Kingsley

I heard the old, old, men say 'all that's beautiful drifts away, like the waters.' 28 sayings from William Butler Yeats

I think one of the basic reasons men make good friends is that they can make up their minds quickly. 53 more views from Marilyn Monroe

I've found men are less likely to let petty things annoy them. 53 quotes from Marilyn Monroe

If all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world. 57 more quotes from Blaise Pascal

If you spend your life competing with business men, what do you have? A bank account and ulcers! 53 other quotes from Marilyn Monroe

It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs. 14 wisdom & wit from Thomas Hardy

Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties. 9 thoughts from Charles Spurgeon

Marriage destroyed my relationship with two wonderful men. 53 sayings from Marilyn Monroe

Men are only as good as their technical development allows them to be. 47 quotes from George Orwell

Men are only as great as they are kind. 59 other quotes from Elbert Hubbard

Men are so necessarily mad, that not to be mad would amount to another form of madness. 57 thoughts from Blaise Pascal

Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them. 53 quotes from Marilyn Monroe

Men blaspheme what they do not know. 57 more quotes from Blaise Pascal

Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness. 47 sayings from George Orwell

Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true. 57 other thoughts from Blaise Pascal

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction. 57 other views from Blaise Pascal

Men often take their imagination for their heart and they believe they are converted as soon as they think of being converted. 57 more quotes from Blaise Pascal

Men who think that a woman's past love affairs lessen her love for them are usually stupid and weak. 53 more quotes from Marilyn Monroe

Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men. 17 quotes from Antoine de Saint-Exupery

One can be a brother only in something. Where there is no tie that binds men, men are not united but merely lined up. 17 quotes from Antoine de Saint-Exupery

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man. 59 views from Elbert Hubbard

Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror becomes the known. 17 views from Antoine de Saint-Exupery

People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf. 47 views from George Orwell

Sometimes the first duty of intelligent men is the restatement of the obvious. 47 wisdom & wit from George Orwell

Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven. 58 quotes from Henry Ward Beecher

The fact is that I find more most men are more open, more generous, and much more stimulating than the majority of females I know. 53 other quotes from Marilyn Monroe

The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no difference between men. 57 quotes from Blaise Pascal

The greatest enemy to human souls is the self-righteous spirit which makes men look to themselves for salvation. 9 views from Charles Spurgeon

The reason men oppose progress is not that they hate progress, but that they love inertia. 59 thoughts from Elbert Hubbard

The sensitivity of men to small matters, and their indifference to great ones, indicates a strange inversion. 57 more wisdom & wit from Blaise Pascal

The truth is, I've never fooled anyone. I've let men sometimes fool themselves. 53 quotes from Marilyn Monroe

The worst thing about some men is that when they are not drunk they are sober. 28 wisdom & wit from William Butler Yeats

There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous. 57 quotes from Blaise Pascal

To judge from the notions expounded by theologians, one must conclude that God created most men simply with a view to crowding hell. 12 quotes from Marquis de Sade

To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist. 2 other quotes from Robert Schumann

Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience. 57 more quotes from Blaise Pascal

We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men. 47 quotes from George Orwell

We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. 47 wisdom & wit from George Orwell

When a nation's young men are conservative, its funeral bell is already rung. 58 other wisdom & wit from Henry Ward Beecher

Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. 53 other wisdom & wit from Marilyn Monroe

When it comes to gossip, I have to readily admit men are as guilty as women. 53 quotes from Marilyn Monroe

Women who seek to be equal with men lack ambition. 53 quotes from Marilyn Monroe

Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea. 14 more quotes from Robert A. Heinlein

All brave men love for he only is brave who has affections to fight for, whether in the daily battle of life, or in physical contests. 8 more wisdom & wit from Nathaniel Hawthorne

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in the morning. 117 other wisdom & wit from Henry David Thoreau

All men have an instinct for conflict: at least, all healthy men. 6 quotes from Hilaire Belloc

All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner. 5 other sayings from Red Skelton

All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse. 7 wisdom & wit from John Quincy Adams

As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see than about what they can. 12 other thoughts from Julius Caesar

Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance. 15 views from Jean de La Fontaine

Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own. 115 other views from George Bernard Shaw

Clever and attractive women do not want to vote they are willing to let men govern as long as they govern men. 115 more quotes from George Bernard Shaw

Dreaming men are haunted men. 2 sayings from Stephen Vincent Benet

I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done. 32 wisdom & wit from Henry Ford

I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with the herd of common men. 117 other quotes from Henry David Thoreau

If women were particular about men's characters, they would never get married at all. 115 more views from George Bernard Shaw

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see. 117 quotes from Henry David Thoreau

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high. 117 more quotes from Henry David Thoreau

Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men. 117 quotes from Henry David Thoreau

It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes. 117 other sayings from Henry David Thoreau

It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience. 12 more sayings from Julius Caesar

It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking. 12 quotes from Julius Caesar

It is only when men begin to worship that they begin to grow. 17 quotes from Calvin Coolidge

Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination. 18 other thoughts from Marcel Proust

Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it. 115 sayings from George Bernard Shaw

Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent. 115 quotes from George Bernard Shaw

Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men. 19 other views from E. B. White

Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after. 117 quotes from Henry David Thoreau

Men are born to succeed, not to fail. 117 more thoughts from Henry David Thoreau

Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience. 115 quotes from George Bernard Shaw

Men do not learn much from the lessons of history and that is the most important of all the lessons of history. 45 other quotes from Aldous Huxley

Men have a respect for scholarship and learning greatly out of proportion to the use they commonly serve. 117 quotes from Henry David Thoreau

Men have become the tools of their tools. 117 quotes from Henry David Thoreau

Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability. 115 quotes from George Bernard Shaw

Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true. 12 sayings from Julius Caesar

Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die. 14 other thoughts from Edward Young

Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done. 115 sayings from George Bernard Shaw

Old men are dangerous: it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to the world. 115 quotes from George Bernard Shaw

One man that has a mind and knows it can always beat ten men who haven't and don't. 115 other views from George Bernard Shaw

Our whole constitutional heritage rebels at the thought of giving government the power to control men's minds. 2 more quotes from Thurgood Marshall

Power does not corrupt men fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power. 115 more quotes from George Bernard Shaw

So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly arise and make them miserable. 45 thoughts from Aldous Huxley

Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth. 117 more wisdom & wit from Henry David Thoreau

That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent. 45 views from Aldous Huxley

That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history. 45 more views from Aldous Huxley

The law will never make a man free it is men who have got to make the law free. 117 thoughts from Henry David Thoreau

The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation. 117 more quotes from Henry David Thoreau

There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle. 19 thoughts from Alexis de Tocqueville

Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving. 32 more quotes from Henry Ford

Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are at the mercy of those who have none. 115 quotes from George Bernard Shaw

We know but a few men, a great many coats and breeches. 117 other sayings from Henry David Thoreau

We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience. 115 other quotes from George Bernard Shaw

We need more of the Office Desk and less of the Show Window in politics. Let men in office substitute the midnight oil for the limelight. 17 wisdom & wit from Calvin Coolidge

What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood. 45 wisdom & wit from Aldous Huxley

Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities. 50 thoughts from Napoleon Bonaparte

Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences. 7 quotes from Marcus Garvey

Men will bear many things from a kept mistress, which they would not bear from a wife. 22 quotes from Samuel Richardson

Older men declare war. But it is the youth that must fight and die. 20 thoughts from Herbert Hoover

Personally, I like two types of men - domestic and foreign. 31 other views from Mae West

Ten men waiting for me at the door? Send one of them home, I'm tired. 31 quotes from Mae West

The only language men ever speak perfectly is the one they learn in babyhood, when no one can teach them anything! 5 thoughts from Maria Montessori

There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest. 50 other quotes from Napoleon Bonaparte

There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men. 15 more quotes from John Locke

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time. 50 other thoughts from Napoleon Bonaparte

We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men. 13 quotes from Herman Melville

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity. 50 thoughts from Napoleon Bonaparte

When women go wrong, men go right after them. 31 views from Mae West

A family is a unit composed not only of children but of men, women, an occasional animal, and the common cold. 14 other quotes from Ogden Nash

A man's kiss is his signature. 31 thoughts from Mae West

All men are equal before fish. 20 sayings from Herbert Hoover

All men are liable to error and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it. 15 other wisdom & wit from John Locke

All men who have turned out worth anything have had the chief hand in their own education. 15 other sayings from Walter Scott

All men's misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone. 26 quotes from Jean de la Bruyere

All religions have been made by men. 50 more quotes from Napoleon Bonaparte

All wars are civil wars, because all men are brothers. 3 more quotes from Francois Fenelon

As long as you know men are like children, you know everything! 16 other views from Coco Chanel

At every crossroads on the path that leads to the future, tradition has placed 10,000 men to guard the past. 10 other quotes from Maurice Maeterlinck

I don't know why women want any of the things men have when one the things that women have is men. 16 sayings from Coco Chanel

I have always supported measures and principles and not men. 5 sayings from Davy Crockett

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts. 15 quotes from John Locke

I only have 'yes' men around me. Who needs 'no' men? 31 thoughts from Mae West

I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported. 31 more quotes from Mae West

It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues. 26 views from Jean de la Bruyere

It's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men. 31 more views from Mae West

Liberate the minds of men and ultimately you will liberate the bodies of men. 7 wisdom & wit from Marcus Garvey

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues. 50 thoughts from Napoleon Bonaparte

Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest. 50 more sayings from Napoleon Bonaparte

A great many men's gratitude is nothing but a secret desire to hook in more valuable kindnesses hereafter. 90 quotes from Francois de La Rochefoucauld

A little nonsense now and then is relished by the wisest men. 4 more wisdom & wit from Roald Dahl

All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it. 60 other sayings from H. L. Mencken

Bachelors have consciences, married men have wives. 63 other quotes from Samuel Johnson

Bachelors know more about women than married men if they didn't they'd be married too. 60 sayings from H. L. Mencken

Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men. 27 more quotes from Kin Hubbard

Few things are impracticable in themselves and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed. 90 other wisdom & wit from Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good. 60 thoughts from H. L. Mencken

Government is an association of men who do violence to the rest of us. 21 more sayings from Leo Tolstoy

Honor is simply the morality of superior men. 60 sayings from H. L. Mencken

If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of love. 21 quotes from Leo Tolstoy

In a free society the state does not administer the affairs of men. It administers justice among men who conduct their own affairs. 8 other quotes from Walter Lippmann

It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men. 2 wisdom & wit from Samuel Adams

It is easier to know men in general, than men in particular. 90 sayings from Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It is from a weakness and smallness of mind that men are opinionated and we are very loath to believe what we are not able to comprehend. 90 quotes from Francois de La Rochefoucauld

It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys. 6 quotes from Emil Zatopek

Make no little plans they have no magic to stir men's blood. 2 sayings from Daniel Burnham

Many men are contemptuous of riches few can give them away. 90 wisdom & wit from Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Men are not punished for their sins, but by them. 27 sayings from Kin Hubbard

Men get to be a mixture of the charming mannerisms of the women they have known. 14 quotes from F. Scott Fitzgerald

Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice. 90 quotes from Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Men have a much better time of it than women. For one thing, they marry later for another thing, they die earlier. 60 quotes from H. L. Mencken

Men often pass from love to ambition, but they seldom come back again from ambition to love. 90 more wisdom & wit from Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Monkeys are superior to men in this: when a monkey looks into a mirror, he sees a monkey. 6 other wisdom & wit from Malcolm De Chazal

Most people know no other way of judging men's worth but by the vogue they are in, or the fortunes they have met with. 90 other quotes from Francois de La Rochefoucauld

No men are oftener wrong than those that can least bear to be so. 90 quotes from Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples. 90 other quotes from Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever. 90 more quotes from Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The happiness and misery of men depend no less on temper than fortune. 90 more quotes from Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The only really happy folk are married women and single men. 60 more thoughts from H. L. Mencken

There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices. 90 views from Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do. 90 quotes from Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men. 90 wisdom & wit from Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There is nothing men are so generous of as advice. 90 quotes from Francois de La Rochefoucauld

To die for an idea it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true! 60 thoughts from H. L. Mencken

We are all strong enough to bear other men's misfortunes. 90 quotes from Francois de La Rochefoucauld

What men value in this world is not rights but privileges. 60 quotes from H. L. Mencken

Women have simple tastes. They get pleasure out of the conversation of children in arms and men in love. 60 more views from H. L. Mencken

Where all men think alike, no one thinks very much. 8 more thoughts from Walter Lippmann

Women always excel men in that sort of wisdom which comes from experience. To be a woman is in itself a terrible experience. 60 other sayings from H. L. Mencken

Women love us for our defects. If we have enough of them, they will forgive us everything, even our gigantic intellects. 100 wisdom & wit from Oscar Wilde

Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes. 100 more thoughts from Oscar Wilde

When a hundred men stand together, each of them loses his mind and gets another one. 103 other wisdom & wit from Friedrich Nietzsche

Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent. 28 thoughts from Napoleon Hill

Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his favor, too. 103 other quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche

When two men in business always agree, one of them is unnecessary. 8 more sayings from Ezra Pound

'Evil men have no songs.' How is it that the Russians have songs? 103 other quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche

A government of laws, and not of men. 18 more views from John Adams

A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness. 103 sayings from Friedrich Nietzsche

A lawyer with his briefcase can steal more than a hundred men with guns. 3 thoughts from Mario Puzo

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship. 100 more thoughts from Oscar Wilde

Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones. 36 more quotes from Theodore Roosevelt

Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful and if a little charity is not forgotten, it turns into a gnawing worm. 103 quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche

I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others. 100 other quotes from Mahatma Gandhi

I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything. 100 views from Oscar Wilde

In the course of history, men come to see that iron necessity is neither iron nor necessary. 103 quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche

It has always been a mystery to me how men can feel themselves honoured by the humiliation of their fellow beings. 100 more quotes from Mahatma Gandhi

It is the most sensual men who need to flee women and torment their bodies. 103 sayings from Friedrich Nietzsche

Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men. 100 more views from Mahatma Gandhi

Measures must always in a progressive society be held superior to men, who are after all imperfect instruments, working for their fulfilment. 100 other sayings from Mahatma Gandhi

Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a man's last romance. 100 wisdom & wit from Oscar Wilde

Men marry because they are tired women, because they are curious both are disappointed. 100 more views from Oscar Wilde

Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants. 15 more quotes from William Penn

Men should only believe half of what women say. But which half? 7 quotes from Jean Giraudoux

More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth. 28 quotes from Napoleon Hill

Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men's judgments of one another. 15 thoughts from Desiderius Erasmus

Real men are sadly lacking in this world, for when they are put to the test they prove worthless. 4 views from Franz Liszt

Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless. 103 quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche

Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement. 36 wisdom & wit from Theodore Roosevelt

Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep. 5 sayings from Le Corbusier

Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly. 103 other quotes from Friedrich Nietzsche

The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice their choice! 33 quotes from Dwight D. Eisenhower

The majority of men meet with failure because of their lack of persistence in creating new plans to take the place of those which fail. 28 quotes from Napoleon Hill

Time takes away the grief of men. 15 other quotes from Desiderius Erasmus

Violent men have not been known in history to die to a man. They die up to a point. 100 sayings from Mahatma Gandhi

Men hate the individual whom they call avaricious only because nothing can be gained from him. 78 other wisdom & wit from Voltaire

Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears. 52 other quotes from Albert Camus

Men occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of them pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing had happened. 74 quotes from Winston Churchill

Men tire themselves in pursuit of rest. 14 sayings from Laurence Sterne

Men use thought only as authority for their injustice, and employ speech only to conceal their thoughts. 78 wisdom & wit from Voltaire

Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so. 19 other thoughts from Charles de Gaulle

Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die. 78 quotes from Voltaire

The better I get to know men, the more I find myself loving dogs. 19 other sayings from Charles de Gaulle

The important work of moving the world forward does not wait to be done by perfect men. 52 quotes from George Eliot

There are truths which are not for all men, nor for all times. 78 views from Voltaire

Time, which alone makes the reputation of men, ends by making their defects respectable. 78 thoughts from Voltaire

Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory. 20 views from George S. Patton

What is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care. 32 quotes from William Blake

What we call Man's power over Nature turns out to be a power exercised by some men over other men with Nature as its instrument. 25 more sayings from C. S. Lewis

You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know. 52 quotes from George Eliot

Women think with their whole bodies and they see things as a whole more than men do. 4 quotes from Dorothy Day

All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God. 78 quotes from Voltaire

All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women. 78 more quotes from Voltaire

As I grow older, I pay less attention to what men say. I just watch what they do. 13 views from Andrew Carnegie

Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny. 52 sayings from Albert Camus

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone. 19 more wisdom & wit from Charles de Gaulle

Deprived of meaningful work, men and women lose their reason for existence they go stark, raving mad. 10 thoughts from Fyodor Dostoevsky

Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. 5 sayings from Abigail Adams

Great things are done when men and mountains meet. 32 quotes from William Blake

I'm not denyin' the women are foolish. God Almighty made 'em to match the men. 52 other quotes from George Eliot

It is easier to lead men to combat, stirring up their passion, than to restrain them and direct them toward the patient labors of peace. 22 more wisdom & wit from Andre Gide

It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived. 20 quotes from George S. Patton

Long before history began we men have got together apart from the women and done things. We had time. 25 other quotes from C. S. Lewis

Men are anxious to improve their circumstances, but are unwilling to improve themselves they therefore remain bound. 12 quotes from James Allen

Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only by your death. 52 thoughts from Albert Camus

Men are like wine - some turn to vinegar, but the best improve with age. 9 wisdom & wit from Pope John XXIII

Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they do not believe in dying completely. 52 wisdom & wit from Albert Camus

All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why. 14 more quotes from James Thurber

Being a woman is a terribly difficult task, since it consists principally in dealing with men. 14 other views from Joseph Conrad

Clever men are good, but they are not the best. 58 more thoughts from Thomas Carlyle

Either men will learn to live like brothers, or they will die like beasts. 5 other quotes from Max Lerner

Human misery is too great for men to do without faith. 14 views from Heinrich Heine

I dress for the image. Not for myself, not for the public, not for fashion, not for men. 10 other quotes from Marlene Dietrich

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. 21 thoughts from Jane Austen

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen. 12 other quotes from George MacDonald

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter. 75 wisdom & wit from Benjamin Disraeli

Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect. 8 quotes from Stephen Leacock

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all that they can. 58 more wisdom & wit from Thomas Carlyle

Men seldom, or rather never for a length of time and deliberately, rebel against anything that does not deserve rebelling against. 58 sayings from Thomas Carlyle

Neutral men are the devil's allies. 5 sayings from Edwin Hubbel Chapin

No great man lives in vain. The history of the world is but the biography of great men. 58 quotes from Thomas Carlyle

No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love. 7 thoughts from Edvard Munch

No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men. 58 other sayings from Thomas Carlyle

No struggle can ever succeed without women participating side by side with men. 5 quotes from Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Something unpleasant is coming when men are anxious to tell the truth. 75 more quotes from Benjamin Disraeli

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary men alone are quite capable of every wickedness. 14 more thoughts from Joseph Conrad

The real use of gunpowder is to make all men tall. 58 more quotes from Thomas Carlyle

There are one hundred men seeking security to one able man who is willing to risk his fortune. 12 quotes from J. Paul Getty

There can never be peace between nations until there is first known that true peace which is within the souls of men. 5 other quotes from Black Elk

There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary men by the quantity they do not write. 58 other quotes from Thomas Carlyle

Truth sits upon the lips of dying men. 8 quotes from Matthew Arnold

We cannot learn men from books. 75 more thoughts from Benjamin Disraeli

When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions their reasons are always different. 46 quotes from George Santayana

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men. 75 quotes from Benjamin Disraeli

Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible. 18 quotes from Margaret Mead

When the sword is once drawn, the passions of men observe no bounds of moderation. 13 quotes from Alexander Hamilton

Wise men make more opportunities than they find. 67 more sayings from Francis Bacon

Why are women... so much more interesting to men than men are to women? 30 views from Virginia Woolf

Wine hath drowned more men than the sea. 45 other quotes from Thomas Fuller

When men and woman die, as poets sung, his heart's the last part moves, her last, the tongue. 96 other quotes from Benjamin Franklin

When bad men combine, the good must associate else they will fall one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle. 37 views from Edmund Burke

Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses. 67 more thoughts from Francis Bacon

Wise men don't need advice. Fools won't take it. 96 more views from Benjamin Franklin

A little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism, but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. 67 other views from Francis Bacon

A nation or civilization that continues to produce soft-minded men purchases its own spiritual death on the installment plan. 41 thoughts from Martin Luther King, Jr.

Adversity causes some men to break others to break records. 14 thoughts from William Arthur Ward

All men by nature desire knowledge. 75 other views from Aristotle

All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it. 12 other wisdom & wit from Thomas a Kempis

All men of action are dreamers. 2 other quotes from James Huneker

All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers. 25 quotes from Orison Swett Marden

All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the number of doctors who claim they are treating pregnant men. 16 wisdom & wit from Isaac Asimov

All the men in my family were bearded, and most of the women. 24 sayings from W. C. Fields

An invincible determination can accomplish almost anything and in this lies the great distinction between great men and little men. 45 quotes from Thomas Fuller

Anger makes dull men witty, but it keeps them poor. 67 wisdom & wit from Francis Bacon

Bad men are full of repentance. 75 quotes from Aristotle

But men must know, that in this theatre of man's life it is reserved only for God and angels to be lookers on. 67 thoughts from Francis Bacon

By indignities men come to dignities. 67 other sayings from Francis Bacon

By nature, men love newfangledness. 6 more quotes from Geoffrey Chaucer

Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried, or childless men. 67 thoughts from Francis Bacon

Conservation is a state of harmony between men and land. 4 views from Aldo Leopold

Content makes poor men rich discontent makes rich men poor. 96 quotes from Benjamin Franklin

Death, so called, is a thing which makes men weep, And yet a third of life is passed in sleep. 36 more quotes from Lord Byron

Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. 75 more quotes from Aristotle

Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities strong men make them. 25 quotes from Orison Swett Marden

Great hopes make great men. 45 thoughts from Thomas Fuller

If God listened to the prayers of men, all men would quickly have perished: for they are forever praying for evil against one another. 11 more quotes from Epicurus

In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good. 30 quotes from Charles Caleb Colton

In the affairs of this world, men are saved not by faith, but by the want of it. 96 wisdom & wit from Benjamin Franklin

It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. 75 quotes from Aristotle

It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs. 37 other wisdom & wit from Edmund Burke

Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way. 75 other views from Aristotle

Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say. 30 quotes from Charles Caleb Colton

Men are like the stars some generate their own light while others reflect the brilliance they receive. 7 quotes from Jose Marti

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds. 24 other quotes from Franklin D. Roosevelt

Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence. 75 quotes from Aristotle

Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. 75 thoughts from Aristotle

Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers. 36 more quotes from Lord Byron

Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes. 30 more quotes from Charles Caleb Colton

Men, even when alone, lighten their labors by song, however rude it may be. 12 more quotes from Marcus Fabius Quintilianus

Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people. 10 more quotes from Charles de Secondat

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away. 30 thoughts from Charles Caleb Colton

Nine men in ten are would be suicides. 96 other thoughts from Benjamin Franklin

Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise. 67 sayings from Francis Bacon

Observe all men, thyself most. 96 other quotes from Benjamin Franklin

Our scientific power has outrun our spiritual power. We have guided missiles and misguided men. 41 more wisdom & wit from Martin Luther King, Jr.

Pride, envy, avarice - these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men. 13 thoughts from Dante Alighieri

Prosperous farmers mean more employment, more prosperity for the workers and the business men of every industrial area in the whole country. 24 sayings from Franklin D. Roosevelt

The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them. 15 quotes from Moliere

The ideas gained by men before they are twenty-five are practically the only ideas they shall have in their lives. 40 wisdom & wit from William James

The less men think, the more they talk. 14 wisdom & wit from Charles de Montesquieu

The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold. 56 other wisdom & wit from Khalil Gibran

The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing. 37 other wisdom & wit from Edmund Burke

The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. 67 quotes from Francis Bacon

The truth is found when men are free to pursue it. 24 other views from Franklin D. Roosevelt

The worst men often give the best advice. 67 more quotes from Francis Bacon

There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings but none when they are under the influence of imagination. 37 more quotes from Edmund Burke

There is no such thing as justice in the abstract it is merely a compact between men. 11 more quotes from Epicurus

These people are very unskilled in arms... with 50 men they could all be subjected and made to do all that one wished. 5 more quotes from Christopher Columbus

They died hard, those savage men - like wounded wolves at bay. They were filthy, and they were lousy, and they stunk. And I loved them. 11 views from Douglas MacArthur

Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so. 75 other thoughts from Aristotle

To tax and to please, no more than to love and to be wise, is not given to men. 37 quotes from Edmund Burke

We have guided missiles and misguided men. 41 wisdom & wit from Martin Luther King, Jr.

We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future men of discernment deal only with the present moment. 13 other wisdom & wit from Chanakya

We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death. 14 more quotes from Charles de Montesquieu

Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens. 12 more sayings from Daniel Webster

Men become accustomed to poison by degrees. 73 thoughts from Victor Hugo

Men do not fail they give up trying. 2 thoughts from Elihu Root

Men like me are impossible until the day when they become necessary. 73 other sayings from Victor Hugo

Men, their rights, and nothing more women, their rights, and nothing less. 14 more quotes from Susan B. Anthony

Money demands that you sell, not your weakness to men's stupidity, but your talent to their reason. 24 thoughts from Ayn Rand

Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power. 47 quotes from Abraham Lincoln

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some. 26 other thoughts from Charles Dickens

Reputation is what men and women think of us character is what God and angels know of us. 31 views from Thomas Paine

Resolved, that the women of this nation in 1876, have greater cause for discontent, rebellion and revolution than the men of 1776. 14 other quotes from Susan B. Anthony

The first rule of business is: Do other men for they would do you. 26 more quotes from Charles Dickens

The marvel of all history is the patience with which men and women submit to burdens unnecessarily laid upon them by their governments. 30 other views from George Washington

The men who learn endurance, are they who call the whole world, brother. 26 thoughts from Charles Dickens

The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human. 73 wisdom & wit from Victor Hugo

The strength and power of a country depends absolutely on the quantity of good men and women in it. 45 quotes from John Ruskin

The time is near at hand which must determine whether Americans are to be free men or slaves. 30 more quotes from George Washington

The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it. 24 wisdom & wit from Ayn Rand

These are the times that try men's souls. 31 other wisdom & wit from Thomas Paine

These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have. 47 sayings from Abraham Lincoln

Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting it. 31 quotes from Thomas Paine

Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision. 24 other thoughts from Ayn Rand

To sin by silence when they should protest makes cowards of men. 47 quotes from Abraham Lincoln

What's with you men? Would hair stop growing on your chest if you asked directions somewhere? 33 quotes from Erma Bombeck

When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon. 31 other quotes from Thomas Paine

Women thrive on novelty and are easy meat for the commerce of fashion. Men prefer old pipes and torn jackets. 2 other quotes from Anthony Burgess

Women, as they grow older, rely more and more on cosmetics. Men, as they grow older, rely more and more on a sense of humor. 12 more quotes from George Jean Nathan

A gentleman is simply a patient wolf. 6 more sayings from Lana Turner

Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters. 73 thoughts from Victor Hugo

An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men. 8 quotes from Charles Darwin

Associate with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation for it is better to be alone than in bad company. 30 sayings from George Washington

Beauty makes idiots sad and wise men merry. 12 views from George Jean Nathan

Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers? 73 wisdom & wit from Victor Hugo

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men. 73 more thoughts from Victor Hugo

Education is that whole system of human training within and without the school house walls, which molds and develops men. 3 other sayings from W. E. B. Du Bois

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. 30 views from George Washington

God is in all men, but all men are not in God that is why we suffer. 10 views from Ramakrishna

Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude. 29 views from Arthur Schopenhauer

Great men are seldom over-scrupulous in the arrangement of their attire. 26 thoughts from Charles Dickens

I love all men who think, even those who think otherwise than myself. 73 wisdom & wit from Victor Hugo

I saw six men kicking and punching the mother-in-law. My neighbour said 'Are you going to help?' I said 'No, six should be enough.' 3 sayings from Les Dawson

If any civilization is to survive, it is the morality of altruism that men have to reject. 24 quotes from Ayn Rand

It is a clear truth that those who every day barter away other men's liberty will soon care little for their own. 3 other wisdom & wit from James Otis

It is a melancholy truth that even great men have their poor relations. 26 sayings from Charles Dickens

Let your Discourse with Men of Business be Short and Comprehensive. 30 more views from George Washington

Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened. 7 other thoughts from Lawrence Durrell

Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time. 26 views from Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Men are by nature merely indifferent to one another but women are by nature enemies. 29 quotes from Arthur Schopenhauer

Men are governed by lines of intellect - women: by curves of emotion. 11 other views from James Joyce

Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one. 5 wisdom & wit from Richard Whately

All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree. 27 more sayings from James Madison

All men were made by the Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers. 17 other quotes from Chief Joseph

An artist needn't be a clergyman or a churchwarden, but he certainly must have a warm heart for his fellow men. 23 views from Vincent Van Gogh

Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so. 50 sayings from Robert Frost

For tis not in mere death that men die most. 9 more views from Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Force always attracts men of low morality. 105 more quotes from Albert Einstein

If boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become men? 23 wisdom & wit from Vincent Van Gogh

If men were angels, no government would be necessary. 27 quotes from James Madison

If you have men who will only come if they know there is a good road, I don't want them. I want men who will come if there is no road at all. 3 more wisdom & wit from David Livingstone

Whatever women do, they must do twice as well as men to be half as good. Luckily, this is not difficult. 3 quotes from Charlotte Whitton

Men are not against you they are merely for themselves. 2 thoughts from Gene Fowler

Most men, when they think they are thinking, are merely rearranging their prejudices. 5 views from Knute Rockne

Perfect numbers like perfect men are very rare. 11 other quotes from Rene Descartes

The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that man may become robots. 16 other quotes from Erich Fromm

The only good luck many great men ever had was being born with the ability and determination to overcome bad luck. 4 other wisdom & wit from Channing Pollock

The same principles which at first view lead to skepticism, pursued to a certain point, bring men back to common sense. 3 quotes from George Berkeley

Treat all men alike. Give them the same law. Give them an even chance to live and grow. 17 quotes from Chief Joseph