Quotes about men
men interesting ego
One of the most interesting and harmful delusions to which men and nations can be subjected is that of imagining themselves special instruments of the Divine Will. Bertrand Russell
men blessing years
I've made a career over the last seventeen years of mostly playing men in uniform, especially cops. The one thing for an actor that is death, is if you're bored. The boredom will show in your work. Benjamin Bratt
men judging tides
The great tides and currents which engulf the rest of men do not turn aside in their course and pass the judges by. Benjamin Cardozo
men artist iron
Lenin is an artist who has worked men, as other artists have worked marble or metals. But men are harder than stone and less malleable than iron. There is no masterpiece. The artist has failed. The task was superior to his capacities. Benito Mussolini
men revolution nature-of-man
There is no revolution that can change the nature of man
men numbers despair
Religion is man-made to assist in controlling the weak minded individuals because during times of atrocity and despair they feel strength in numbers.
men light darkness
It is the lot of man to suffer; it is also his fortune to forget. Oblivion and sorrow share our being, as darkness and light divide the course of time. Benjamin Disraeli
men wings eagles
Fame has eagle wings, and yet she mounts not so high as man's desires.
men nonsense commerce
More pernicious nonsense was never devised by man than treaties of commerce.
men may energy
No conjunction can possibly occur, however fearful, however tremendous it may appear, from which a man by his own energy may not extricate himself, as a mariner by the rattling of his cannon can dissipate the impending waterspout.
men remember sometimes
Those authors who appear sometimes to forget they are writers, and remember they are men, will be our favorites.
men criticism authorship
Of all unfortunate men one of the unhappiest is a middling author endowed with too lively a sensibility for criticism.
men world retiring
When a man fell into his anecdotage it was a sign for him to retire from the world.
men careers two
A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.
men funny-marriage should
Every man should marry - and no woman
men enemy genius
No enemy is so terrible as a man of genius.
men religion praying
"As for that," said Waldenshare, "sensible men are all of the same religion." "Pray, what is that?" inquired the Prince. "Sensible men never tell."
men cities desire
In great cities men are brought together by the desire of gain. They are not in a state of co-operation, but of isolation, as to the making of fortunes; and for all the rest they are careless of neighbors.
men potters human-nature
Man is made to create, from the poet to the potter.
men suffering
It is the lot of man to suffer.
men thinking style
And it is a singular truth that, though a man may shake off national habits, accent, manner of thinking, style of dress,--though he may become perfectly identified with another nation, and speak its language well, perhaps better than his own,--yet never can he succeed in changing his handwriting to a foreign style.
men ideas conquer-the-world
One should conquer the world, not to enthrone a man, but an idea; for ideas exist forever.
men turtles appetite
Turtle makes all men equal.
men race civilization
Is it what you call civilization that makes England flourish? Is it the universal development of the faculties of man that has rendered an island, almost unknown to the ancients, the arbiter of the world? Clearly not. It is the inhabitants that have done this. It is an affair of race.... All is race, there is no other truth.
men dining sitting
When I left the dining room after sitting next to Mr. Gladstone, I thought he was the cleverest man in England. But after sitting next to Mr. Disraeli, I thought I was the cleverest woman in England.
men
With words we govern men.
men good-man digestion
A good eater must be a good man; for a good eater must have a good digestion, and a good digestion depends upon a good conscience.
men modern natural
Modern science has vindicated the natural equality of man.
men political sound
'A sound Conservative government,' said Taper, musingly. 'I understand: Tory men and Whig measures.'
men honor literature
Literature is an avenue to glory, ever open for those ingenious men who are deprived of honors or of wealth.
men practice errors
A practical man is a man who practices the errors of his forefathers.
men energy want
When men are young, they want experience and when they have gained experience, they want energy.
men genius doctrine
The Athanasian Creed is the most splendid ecclesiastical lyric ever poured forth by the genius of man.