981 private quotes tagged men

“Bachelors know more about women than married men if they didn't they'd be married too.” — H. L. Mencken

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

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“Let men see, let them know, a real man, who lives as he was meant to live.” — Marcus Aurelius

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“As men are not able to fight against death, misery, ignorance, they have taken it into their heads, in order to be happy, not to think of them at all.” — Blaise Pascal

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“But men are men; the best sometimes forget.” — William Shakespeare

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“Men are more moral than they think and far more immoral than they can imagine.” — Sigmund Freud

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“All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it.” — H. L. Mencken

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“It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously.” — H. L. Mencken

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

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“Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.” — Francis Bacon

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“Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.” — Aristotle

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“Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.” — Napoleon Bonaparte

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“Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.” — Theodore Roosevelt

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“If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.” — George S. Patton

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“A great city is that which has the greatest men and women.” — Walt Whitman

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“When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.” — Napoleon Bonaparte

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“Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.” — Plato

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“States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.” — Plato

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“More gold has been mined from the thoughts of men than has been taken from the earth.” — Napoleon Hill

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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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“Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise.” — Francis Bacon

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“Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so.” — Robert Frost

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“The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history.” — Bertrand Russell

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“Culture: the cry of men in face of their destiny.” — Albert Camus

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