Quotes about men
men dating way
Every man is to be had one way or another and every woman almost anyway. Lord Chesterfield
men long despair
A man who owes a little can clear it off in a very little time, and, if he is a prudent man, will; whereas a man, who by long negligence, owes a great deal, despairs of ever being able to pay, and therefore never looks into his accounts at all.
men gentleman ease
The manner of a vulgar man has freedom without ease, and the manner of a gentleman has ease without freedom.
men degrees enough
No man can possibly improve in any company for which he has not respect enough to be under some degree of restraint.
men may haste
A man of sense may be in haste, but can never be in a hurry.
men stupidity ignorant
An ignorant man is insignificant and contemptible; nobody cares for his company, and he can just be said to live, and that is all.
men world may
A man of the best parts and greatest learning, if he does not know the world by his own experience and observation, will be very absurd, and consequently very unwelcome in company. He may say very good things; but they will be probably so ill-timed, misplaced, or improperly addressed, that he had much better hold his tongue.
men law practice
The law before us, my lords, seems to be the effect of that practice of which it is intended likewise to be the cause, and to be dictated by the liquor of which it so effectually promotes the use; for surely it never before was conceived by any man entrusted with the administration of public affairs, to raise taxes by the destruction of the people.
men thinking silence
Silence and reserve suggest latent power. What some men think has more effect than what others say.
men imperfection weakness
Men are much more unwilling to have their weaknesses and their imperfections known than their crimes.
men thinking should
A man who cannot command his temper should not think of being a man in business.
men doors blood
... to me it appears strange that the men against whom I should be enabled to bring an action for laying a little dirt at my door, may with impunity drive by it half-a-dozen calves, with their tails lopped close to their bodies and their hinder parts covered with blood ......
men light may
It is commonly said that ridicule is the best test of truth; for that it will not stick where it is not just. I deny it. A truth learned in a certain light, and attacked in certain words, by men of wit and humor, may, and often doth, become ridiculous, at least so far, that the truth is only remembered and repeated for the sake of the ridicule.
men order secret
There are some occasions when a man must tell half his secret, in order to conceal the rest.
men differences laughing
The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress; and the man of sense laughs at it, at the same time he knows he must not neglect it.
men dancing ballet
Custom has made dancing sometimes necessary for a young man; therefore mind it while you learn it, that you may learn to do it well, and not be ridiculous, though in a ridiculous act.
men understanding culture
I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except a great poet.
men people degrees
Every man becomes, to a certain degree, what the people he generally converses with are.
men people shining
Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves. A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share of it in another.
men clothes coats
Next to clothes being fine, they should be well made, and worn easily; for a man is only the less genteel for a fine coat, if, in wearing it, he shows a regard for it, and is not as easy in it as if it was a plain one.
men pleasing-others addresses
A man's fortune is frequently decided by his first address. If pleasing, others at once conclude he has merit; but if ungraceful, they decide against him.
men justice people
If you wish particularly to gain the good graces and affection of certain people, men or women, try to discover their most striking merit, if they have one, and their dominant weakness, for every one has his own, then do justice to the one, and a little more than justice to the other.
men long care
A man of sense soon discovers, because he carefully observes, where and how long he is welcome; and takes care to leave the company at least as soon as he is wished out of it. Fools never perceive whether they are ill timed or ill placed.
men common-sense desire
It is to be presumed, that a man of common sense, who does not desire to please, desires nothing at all; since he must know that he cannot obtain anything without it.
men light views
The vulgar look upon a man, who is reckoned a fine speaker, as a phenomenon, a supernatural being, and endowed with some peculiargift of Heaven; they stare at him, if he walks in the park, and cry, that is he. You will, I am sure, view him in a juster light, and nulla formidine. You will consider him only as a man of good sense, who adorns common thoughts with the graces of elocution, and the elegancy of style. The miracle will then cease.
men animal vegetables
Without any extraordinary effort of genius, I have discovered that nature was the same three thousand years ago as at present; that men were but men then as well as now; that modes and customs vary often, but that human nature is always the same. And I can no more suppose, that men were better, braver, or wiser, fifteen hundred or three thousand years ago, than I can suppose that the animals or vegetables were better than they are now.
men able mystery
A proper secrecy is the only mystery of able men; mystery is the only secrecy of weak and cunning ones.
men advice praise
Whenever a man seeks your advice he generally seeks your praise.
men able spirit
An able man shows his spirit by gentle words and resolute actions.
men thinking proud
The insolent civility of a proud man is, if possible, more shocking than his rudeness could be; because he shows you, by his manner, that he thinks it mere condescension in him; and that his goodness alone bestows upon you what you have no pretense to claim.
men thinking design
A cheerful, easy, open countenance will make fools think you a good-natured man, and make designing men think you an undesigning one.
men experience weight
Experience only can teach men not to prefer what strikes them for the present moment, to what will have much greater weight with the them hereafter.
men animal looks
Chins are exclusively a human feature, not to be found among the beasts. Ithey had chins, most animals would look like each other. Malcolm de Chazal