Quotes about men
men poor estates
From a poor man, poor in Time, I was suddenly lifted up into a vast revenue; I could see no end of my possessions; I wanted some steward, or judicious bailiff, to manage my estates in Time for me. Charles Lamb
men recipes dull
The man must have a rare recipe for melancholy, who can be dull in Fleet Street.
men garden prison
A garden was the primitive prison, till man with Promethean felicity and boldness, luckily sinned himself out of it.
men animal gambling
Man is a gaming animal.
men smoking drs
Dr Parr...asked him, how he had acquired his power of smoking at such a rate? Lamb replied, 'I toiled after it, sir, as some men toil after virtue.'
men soul trying
There was a little man, and he had a little soul; And he said, Little Soul, let us try, try, try!
men apples mind
A man cannot have a pure mind who refuses apple dumplings.
men animal gambling
Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other.
men likes wells
The measure of choosing well, is, whether a man likes and finds good in what he has chosen.
men self dimensions
How sickness enlarges the dimension of a man’s self to himself!
men smoking toil
I toiled after it, sir, as some men toil after virtue.
men two race
The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races, the men who borrow and the men who lend.
men self stamps
Self-laudation abounds among the unpolished, but nothing can stamp a man more sharply as ill-bred.
men insult injury
I once met a man who had forgiven an injury. I hope some day to meet the man who has forgiven an insult.
men poison victim
A man's venom poisons himself more than his victims.
men poison bitter
Bad temper is its own scourge. Few things are more bitter than to feel bitter. A man's venom poisons himself more than his victim.
men atheism age
The ameliorating march of the last few centuries has been initiated by the heretics of each age, though I concede that the men and women denounced and persecuted as infidels by the pious of one century are frequently claimed as saints by the pious of a later generation. Charles Bradlaugh
men political ruins
Defect in one's limb ruins a man. Chanakya
men rich calamity
Do not say, What what fear has a rich man of calamity.
men limits speak
He is a pandit (man of knowledge) who speaks what is suitable to the occasion, who renders loving service according to his ability, and who knows the limits of his anger.
men virtue fame
If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?
men evil lust
Those born blind cannot see; similarly blind are those in the grip of lust. Proud men have no perception of evil; and those bent on acquiring riches see no sin in their actions.
men wealth relation
He who has wealth has friends and relations; he alone survives and is respected as a man.
men may void
The man who is praised by others is regarded as worthy though he may be really void of all merit. But the man who sings his own praises becomes disgraced though he should be Indra, the possessor of all excellencies.
men luck religion
He who is prepared for the future and he who deals cleverly with any situation that may arise are both happy; but the fatalistic man who wholly depends on luck is ruined.
men rivers royal
Do not put your trust in rivers, men who carry weapons, beasts with claws or horns, women, and members of a royal family.
men wealth sometimes
Save your wealth against future calamity. Do not say, "what fear has a rich man of calamity?" Wealth sometimes vanishes away and large accumulations perish.
men two eight
Women have hunger two-fold, shyness four-fold, daring six-fold, and lust eight-fold as compared to men.
men bird tree
Whores don’t live in company of poor men, citizens never support a weak company and birds don’t build nests on a tree that doesn’t bear fruits.
men religion desire
We should always speak what would please the man of whom we expect a favour,like the hunter who sings sweetly when he desires to shoot a deer.
men ideas female
But men are less used to the idea of being raped than women are, and it strikes them with a fresh horror. With women, that horror comes right along with the female genitals. Charlaine Harris
men luck saws
Finally, a human man saw me as intensely valuable. Just my luck he was happily married and thought I was a freak.
men alive
Men! Dead or alive, they could be exactly the same.