981 private quotes tagged men

“It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little.” — Diogenes

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“Men do not fail they give up trying.” — Elihu Root

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“Men may live fools, but fools they cannot die.” — Edward Young

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“It's at the borders of pain and suffering that the men are separated from the boys.” — Emil Zatopek

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“That common cold of the male psyche, fear of commitment.” — Richard Schickel

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“He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them.” — Charles Kingsley

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“Whatever makes men good Christians, makes them good citizens.” — Daniel Webster

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“If one were to bring ten of the wisest men in the world together and ask them what was the most stupid thing in existence, they would not be able to discover anything so stupid as astrology.” — David Hilbert

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“Like all young men I set out to be a genius, but mercifully laughter intervened.” — Lawrence Durrell

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“Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.” — Charles de Gaulle

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“One can be a brother only in something. Where there is no tie that binds men, men are not united but merely lined up.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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“No nice men are good at getting taxis.” — Katharine Whitehorn

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“All sorts of computer errors are now turning up. You'd be surprised to know the number of doctors who claim they are treating pregnant men.” — Isaac Asimov

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“I only have 'yes' men around me. Who needs 'no' men?” — Mae West

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“Prejudices are so to speak the mechanical instincts of men: through their prejudices they do without any effort many things they would find too difficult to think through to the point of resolving to do them.” — Georg C. Lichtenberg

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“There is always a type of man who says he loves his fellow men, and expects to make a living at it.” — E. W. Howe

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“For most men life is a search for the proper manila envelope in which to get themselves filed.” — Clifton Paul Fadiman

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“Law describes the way things would work if men were angels.” — Christopher Dawson

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“A man's kiss is his signature.” — Mae West

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“When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions their reasons are always different.” — George Santayana

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“Men are often biased in their judgment on account of their sympathy and their interests.” — George William Norris

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“A gentleman is simply a patient wolf.” — Lana Turner

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“All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner.” — Red Skelton

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“Men are not punished for their sins, but by them.” — Kin Hubbard

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“Only the unknown frightens men. But once a man has faced the unknown, that terror becomes the known.” — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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