981 private quotes tagged men

“Men are so willing to respect anything that bores them.” — Marilyn Monroe

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“Lives of great men all remind us, we can make our lives sublime, and, departing, leave behind us, footprints on the sands of time.” — Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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“Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.” — Elizabeth Taylor

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“All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.” — Orison Swett Marden

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“All men are equal before fish.” — Herbert Hoover

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“It does not take a majority to prevail... but rather an irate, tireless minority, keen on setting brushfires of freedom in the minds of men.” — Samuel Adams

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“As long as men are free to ask what they must, free to say what they think, free to think what they will, freedom can never be lost and science can never regress.” — Marcel Proust

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“I think men are afraid to be with a successful woman, because we are terribly strong, we know what we want and we are not fragile enough.” — Shirley Bassey

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“You can't keep changing men, so you settle for changing your lipstick.” — Heather Locklear

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“Truth sits upon the lips of dying men.” — Matthew Arnold

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“Forgive, son men are men they needs must err.” — Euripides

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“I have a total irreverence for anything connected with society except that which makes the roads safer, the beer stronger, the food cheaper and the old men and old women warmer in the winter and happier in the summer.” — Brendan Behan

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“Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.” — Robert A. Heinlein

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“No lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age, but especially not in the dark ones. Men prospered then only in following an openly declared purpose, and preaching candidly beloved and trusted creeds.” — John Ruskin

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“Men who think that a woman's past love affairs lessen her love for them are usually stupid and weak.” — Marilyn Monroe

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“Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of the rivers, at the vast compass of the ocean, at the circular motions of the stars, and they pass by themselves without wondering.” — Saint Augustine

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“The beauty of a strong, lasting commitment is often best understood by men incapable of it.” — Murray Kempton

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“Men do not have to cook their food they do so for symbolic reasons to show they are men and not beasts.” — Edmund Leach

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“Don't wait for extraordinary opportunities. Seize common occasions and make them great. Weak men wait for opportunities strong men make them.” — Orison Swett Marden

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“My weaknesses have always been food and men - in that order.” — Dolly Parton

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“When women hold off from marrying men, we call it independence. When men hold off from marrying women, we call it fear of commitment.” — Warren Farrell

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“Men shrink less from offending one who inspires love than one who inspires fear.” — Niccolo Machiavelli

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“What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and needy. It has eyes to see misery and want. It has the ears to hear the sighs and sorrows of men. That is what love looks like.” — Saint Augustine

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“We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future men of discernment deal only with the present moment.” — Chanakya

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“It's not the men in my life that count, it's the life in my men.” — Mae West

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