Quotes about men
men long littles
Man wants little, nor that little long. Edward Young
men hypocrisy veins
A man I knew who lived upon a smile, And well it fed him; he look'd plump and fair, While rankest venom foam'd through every vein. Edward Young
men guilt lasts
Let no man trust the first false step of guilt; it hangs upon a precipice, whose steep descent in last perdition ends. Edward Young
men good-man guilt
Where, where for shelter shall the guilty fly, When consternation turns the good man pale? Edward Young
men he-man blushing
The man that blushes is not quite a brute. Edward Young
men views brave
Wouldst thou be famed? have those high acts in view, Brave men would act though scandal would ensue. Edward Young
men hard-times tough-times
Affliction is a good man's shining time. Edward Young
men environment made
Man maketh a death which Nature never made. Edward Young
men sky soul
The soul of man was made to walk the skies. Edward Young
men advice influence
There is nothing of which men are more liberal than their good advice, be their stock of it ever so small; because it seems to carry in it an intimation of their own influence, importance or worth. Edward Young
men unjust injustice
Ah, how unjust to Nature and himself Is thoughtless, thankless, inconsistent man! Edward Young
men doctrine equality-of-man
The doctrine of the equality of man was never intended to apply to the equality of the Englishman and the Chinaman. Edmund Barton
men creating forever
The violence in the world comes about because we human beings are forever creating barriers between men who are like us and men who are not like us. Edmund Leach
men beast reason
Men do not have to cook their food; they do so for symbolic reasons to show they are men and not beasts. Edmund Leach
men egotism one-man
Men are egotists, and not all tolerant of one man's selfhood; they do not always deem the amities elective. Edmund Clarence Stedman
men hands years
Lo, as I gaze, the statured man, Built up from you large hand appears: A type that nature wills to plan But once in all a people's years. Edmund Clarence Stedman
men rallying-cry giving
Give us a man of God's own mould Born to marshall his fellow-men; One whose fame is not bought and sold At the stroke of a politician's pen. Give us the man of thousands ten, Fit to do as well as to plan; Give us a rallying-cry, and then Abraham Lincoln, give us a Man. Edmund Clarence Stedman
men arrogant incredibles
[Derek] Shackleton was a man who - it's probably arrogant to say it - but he was a little bit like me. He undertook incredible dangers and carried on over the sea and over the ice and all the rest of it. He was a remarkable man. Edmund Hillary
men thinking enthusiasm
I think the really good mountaineer is the man with the technical ability of the professional and with the enthusiasm and freshness of approach of the amateur. Edmund Hillary
men challenges ends
Challenge is what makes men. It will be the end when men stop looking for new challenges. Edmund Hillary
men may littles
For easy things, that may be got at will, Most sorts of men do set but little store. Edmund Spenser
men vices virtue
For that which all men then did virtue call, Is now called vice; and that which vice was hight, Is now hight virtue, and so used of all: Right now is wrong, and wrong that was is right Edmund Spenser
men evening states
Man's wretched state, That floures so fresh at morne, and fades at evening late. Edmund Spenser
men should
Why then should witless man so much misweene That nothing is but that which he hath seene? Edmund Spenser
men self he-man
The man whom nature's self had made to mock herself, and truth to imitate. Edmund Spenser
men heaven mind
Nothing under heaven so strongly doth allure the sense of man, and all his mind possess, as beauty's love. Edmund Spenser
men mind betrayed
The gentle mind by gentle deeds is known, For a man by nothing is so well betrayed As by his manners. Edmund Spenser
men heaven succeed
Men, when their actions succeed not as they would, are always ready to impute the blame thereof to heaven, so as to excuse their own follies. Edmund Spenser
men history way
I find along with many virtues in my countrymen there is a jealousy, a soreness, and readiness to take offence, as if they were the most helpless and impotent of mankind, and yet a violence... and a boistrousness in their resentment, as if they had been puffed up with the highest prosperity and power. they will not only be served, but it must also be in their own way and on their own principles and even in words and language that they liked... which renders it very difficult for a plain unguarded man as I am to have anything to do with them or their affairs. Edmund Burke
men views goal
When a great man has some one object in view to be achieved in a given time, it may be absolutely necessary for him to walk out of all the common roads. Edmund Burke
men people charm
Not men but measures a sort of charm by which many people get loose from every honorable engagement. Edmund Burke
men empathy feelings
There are some men formed with feelings so blunt that they can hardly be said to be awake during the whole course of their lives. Edmund Burke
men giving way
Men who undertake considerable things, even in a regular way, ought to give us ground to presume ability. Edmund Burke