981 private quotes tagged men

“Tears are often the telescope by which men see far into heaven.” — Henry Ward Beecher

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“There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.” — Plato

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“I heard the old, old, men say 'all that's beautiful drifts away, like the waters.'” — William Butler Yeats

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“In reading the lives of great men, I found that the first victory they won was over themselves... self-discipline with all of them came first.” — Harry S. Truman

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“Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“Men become accustomed to poison by degrees.” — Victor Hugo

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

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

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“Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“Civil war? What does that mean? Is there any foreign war? Isn't every war fought between men, between brothers?” — Victor Hugo

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“There is always inequality in life. Some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. Life is unfair.” — John F. Kennedy

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“There are people who want to make men's lives more difficult for no other reason than the chance it provides them afterwards to offer their prescription for alleviating life; their Christianity, for instance.” — Friedrich Nietzsche

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“Regarding life, the wisest men of all ages have judged alike: it is worthless.” — Friedrich Nietzsche

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“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.” — George S. Patton

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

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“I see when men love women. They give them but a little of their lives. But women when they love give everything.” — Oscar Wilde

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“All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree.” — James Madison

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“Great things are done when men and mountains meet.” — William Blake

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“So long as men worship the Caesars and Napoleons, Caesars and Napoleons will duly arise and make them miserable.” — Aldous Huxley

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“There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.” — Napoleon Bonaparte

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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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“No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief in great men.” — Thomas Carlyle

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“Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men.” — Ayn Rand

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“The assertion that 'all men are created equal' was of no practical use in effecting our separation from Great Britain and it was placed in the Declaration not for that, but for future use.” — Abraham Lincoln

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“Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.” — George Bernard Shaw

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