981 private quotes tagged men

“Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.” — Bertrand Russell

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“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.” — Edmund Burke

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“The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human.” — Victor Hugo

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“Good men must not obey the laws too well.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Men are moved by two levers only: fear and self interest.” — Napoleon Bonaparte

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“It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking.” — Julius Caesar

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“Men who are unhappy, like men who sleep badly, are always proud of the fact.” — Bertrand Russell

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“Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.” — Aristotle

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“The TV business is uglier than most things. It is normally perceived as some kind of cruel and shallow money trench through the heart of the journalism industry, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free and good men die like dogs, for no good reason.” — Hunter S. Thompson

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“We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.” — Herman Melville

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“Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men.” — Voltaire

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“Men think highly of those who rise rapidly in the world whereas nothing rises quicker than dust, straw, and feathers.” — Lord Byron

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

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“Before success comes in any man's life, he's sure to meet with much temporary defeat and, perhaps some failures. When defeat overtakes a man, the easiest and the most logical thing to do is to quit. That's exactly what the majority of men do.” — Napoleon Hill

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“All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.” — Voltaire

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“These are the times that try men's souls.” — Thomas Paine

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“Democracy arises out of the notion that those who are equal in any respect are equal in all respects because men are equally free, they claim to be absolutely equal.” — Aristotle

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“Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his favor, too.” — Friedrich Nietzsche

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“All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved.” — Sun Tzu

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“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.” — William Shakespeare

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“Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.” — George Bernard Shaw

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

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“Men are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one.” — Richard Whately

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“I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others.” — Mahatma Gandhi

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