981 private quotes tagged men

“To reform a world, to reform a nation, no wise man will undertake and all but foolish men know, that the only solid, though a far slower reformation, is what each begins and perfects on himself.” — Thomas Carlyle

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“How is it they live in such harmony the billions of stars - when most men can barely go a minute without declaring war in their minds about someone they know.” — Thomas Aquinas

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“As far as I knew white women were never lonely, except in books. White men adored them, Black men desired them and Black women worked for them.” — Maya Angelou

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“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.” — William Shakespeare

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“How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men?” — Lao Tzu

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“Within the covers of the Bible are the answers for all the problems men face.” — Ronald Reagan

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“Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.” — William Shakespeare

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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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“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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“It is the most sensual men who need to flee women and torment their bodies.” — Friedrich Nietzsche

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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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“Men's vows are women's traitors!” — William Shakespeare

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“There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.” — Napoleon Bonaparte

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

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“Put two or three men in positions of conflicting authority. This will force them to work at loggerheads, allowing you to be the ultimate arbiter.” — Franklin D. Roosevelt

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“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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“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.” — C. S. Lewis

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“Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly.” — Friedrich Nietzsche

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“Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood and steel and brass.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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“There is no better proof of a man's being truly good than his desiring to be constantly under the observation of good men.” — Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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“The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

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

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“Men despise religion. They hate it and are afraid it may be true.” — Blaise Pascal

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“Landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed.” — Karl Marx

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