Quotes about men
men wrath heaven
The gods being always close to men perceive those who afflict others with unjust devices and do not fear the wrath of heaven. Hesiod
men treasure tongue
Man's chiefest treasure is a sparing tongue.
men two earth
There was not after all a single kind of strife, but on earth there are two kinds: one of them a man might praise when he recognized her, but the other is blameworthy.
men thinking fancy
The man who is rich in fancy thinks that his wagon is already built; poor fool, he does not know that there are a hundred timbers to a wagon.
men sweat virtue
Men must sweat to attain virtue.
men literature want
For both faith and want of faith have destroyed men alike.
men suffering victory
He is senseless who would match himself against a stronger man; for he is deprived of victory and adds suffering to disgrace.
men chance
Chances rule men and not men chances. Herodotus
men thinking race
For if one should propose to all men a choice, bidding them select the best customs from all the customs that there are, each race of men, after examining them all, would select those of his own people; thus all think that their own customs are by far the best
men world examination
If someone were to put a proposition before men bidding them choose, after examination, the best customs in the world, each nation would certainly select its own
men luck may
The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.
men unhappy rich
Many exceedingly rich men are unhappy, but many middling circumstances are fortunate.
men suffering worst
The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.
men suffering wheels
Mens fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever.
men action plans
He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold.
men earth guides
How can a monarchy be a suitable thing, which allows a man to do as he pleases with none to hold him to account. And even if you were to take the best man on earth, and put him into a monarchy, you put outside him the thoughts that usually guide him.
men cities cheat
I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.
men chance circumstances
Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.
men people greek
Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.
men zanzibar white
I had intended to have gone into Africa incognito. But the fact that a white man, even an American, was about to enter Africa was soon known all over Zanzibar. Henry Morton Stanley
men animal human-nature
The more experience and insight I obtain into human nature, the more convinced do I become that the greater portion of a man is purely animal.
men illusion claims
Show me a man who claims he is objective and I'll show you a man with illusions. Henry R. Luce
men trying facts
Basically, men are afraid of women and can’t handle the fact that they came out of the same thing they spend the rest of their lives trying to get back into. Henry Rollins
men average people
The average man won't really do a day's work unless he is caught and cannot get out of it. There is plenty of work to do if people would do it. Henry Ford
men world tests
The only true test of values, either of men or of things, is that of their ability to make the world a better place in which to live.
men discovery century
I invented nothing new, I simply assembled the discoveries of other men behind whom there was centuries of work.
men people community
The gifted man bears his gifts into the world, not for his own benefit, but for the people among whom he is placed; for the gifts are not his, he himself is a gift to the community.
men earth
The unhappiest man on earth is the one who has nothing to do.
men years advice
Old men are always advising young men to save money. That is bad advice. Don't save every nickel. Invest in yourself. I never saved a dollar until I was forty years old.
men thinking progress
Progress is not made by pulling off a series of stunts. Each step has to be regulated. A man cannot expect to progress without thinking.
men political wages
An underpaid man is a customer reduced in purchasing power. He cannot buy. Business depression is caused by weakened purchasing power. Purchasing power is weakened by uncertainty or insufficiency of income. The cure of business depression is through purchasing power, and the source of purchasing power is wages.
men thinking looks
Any man who thinks he can be happy and prosperous by letting the government take care of him better take a closer look at the American Indian.
men differences space
There is very little difference between men and women in space. Helen Sharman