981 private quotes tagged men

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

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“If so many men, so many minds, certainly so many hearts, so many kinds of love.” — Leo Tolstoy

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

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

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

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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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“Clever men are good, but they are not the best.” — Thomas Carlyle

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

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“But while they prate of economic laws, men and women are starving. We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature. They are made by human beings.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt

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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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“Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.” — George Washington

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

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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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“Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision.” — Ayn Rand

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“There is nothing men are so generous of as advice.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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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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“Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men.” — Henry David Thoreau

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“I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done.” — Henry Ford

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“In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high.” — Henry David Thoreau

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