Quotes about men
men principles opinion
The principles which men profess on any controverted subject are usually a very incomplete exponent of the opinions they really hold. John Stuart Mill
men want obedience
Men do not want solely the obedience of women, they want their sentiments.
men purpose absolute-certainty
Men and governments must act to the best of their ability. There is no such thing as absolute certainty but there is assurance sufficient for the purposes of human life.
men peculiar faults
That a thing is peculiar; is no argument for its being blamable; since the most criminal actions are to a being like man not more unnatural than most of the virtues.
men morality moral
The moral influence of woman over man is almost always salutary.
men firsts life-is
Among the works of man, which human life is rightly employed in perfecting, the first in importance surely is man himself.
men class despair
I have observed that not the man who hopes when others despair, but the man who despairs when others hope, is admired by a large class of persons as a sage.
men doe moral
[A] man and still more the woman, who can be accused either of doing "what nobody does," or of not doing "what everybody does," is the subject of as much depreciatory remark as if he or she had committed some grave moral delinquency.
men use may
Judgement is given to men that they may use it. Because it may be used erroneously, are men to be told that they ought not to use it at all?
men may population
A population may be too crowded, though all be amply supplied with food and raiment. It is not good for a man to be kept perforce at all times in the presence of his species...
men feet people
A people may prefer a free government, but if by momentary discouragement or temporary panic, or a fit of enthusiasm for an individual, they can be induced to lay their liberties at the feet of even a great man, or trust him with powers to subvert their institutions, in all these cases they are unfit for liberty.
men freedom-of-speech strange
Strange it is that men should admit the validity of the arguments for free speech but object to their being "pushed to an extreme", not seeing that unless the reasons are good for an extreme case, they are not good for any case.
men errors evil
All errors which a man is likely to commit against advice are far outweighed by the evil of allowing others to constrain him for his good.
men physicians lawyer
Men are men before they are lawyers, or physicians, or merchants, or manufacturers; and if you make them capable and sensible men, they will make themselves capable and sensible lawyers or physicians.
men profound feelings
A profound conviction raises a man above the feeling of ridicule.
men desire rich
Men do not desire to be rich, but to be richer than other men.
men good-man needs
Let not any one pacify his conscience by the delusion that he can do no harm if he takes no part, and forms no opinion. Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.
men majority inability
What distinguishes the majority of men from the few is their inability to act according to their beliefs.
men good-man needs
Bad men need nothing more to compass their ends, than that good men should look on and do nothing.
men hands order
A state which dwarfs its men, in order that they may be more docile instruments in its hands even for beneficial purposes--will find that with small men no great thing can really be accomplished.
men earth ends
The earth will end only when God declares it's time to be over. Man will not destroy this earth. This earth will not be destroyed by a flood. John Shimkus
men differences individualism
In such a condition of affairs, the practical difference between the abolitionist and the sympathizer, to the man who lost his slave and could not recover it, was very nebulous. John Sergeant Wise
men thinking roles
Marriage is a relationship between a man and a woman. I don't think it is the role of the state to define what marriage is. John Sentamu
men thinking born
Wit and wisdom are born with a man. John Selden
men gallantry gallant
A gallant man is above ill words.
men roots tree
Nothing is text but what is spoken of in the Bible and meant there for person and place; the rest is application; which a discreet man may do well; but it is his scripture, not the Holy Ghost's. First, in your sermons use your logic, and then your rhetoric; rhetoric without logic is like a tree with leaves and blossoms, but no root.
men religion matter
Men say they are of the same religion, for quietness' sake; but if the matter were well examined, you would scarce find three anywhere of the same religion on all points.
men excellence
We measure the excellency of other men by some excellency we conceive to be in ourselves.
men may matter
No man is the wiser for his learning; it may administer matter to work in, or objects to work upon; but wit and wisdom are born with a man.
men opinion idolatry
Idolatry is in a man's own thought, not in the opinion of another.
men thinking years
We were born in a Jewish world, as part of a Jewish faith tradition. We had to translate ourselves into the neo-Platonic thinking Greek world; that took us about 400 years. Then, finally a man named Augustine, the Bishop of Hippo, recast Christianity in terms of neo-Platonic thought. John Shelby Spong
men suits more-time
Id love to spend more time on the Isle of Man. I love the anonymity of putting on a boiler suit and going down to buy parts for the compressor. And Norman Wisdoms a neighbour; I salute him occasionally. John Rhys-Davies
men goes-on want
Young men do not want to have to take a consent form and a lawyer on a date, just as young women have every right to go on a date and to say 'No', having it respected. John Redwood