Quotes about men
men littles merit
Man's highest merit always is, as much as possible, to rule external circumstances and as little as possible to let himself be ruled by them. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
men may path
Wherever a man may happen to turn, whatever a man may undertake, he will always end up by returning to that path which nature has marked out for him.
men destiny suffering
What is the destiny of man, but to fill up the measure of his sufferings, and to drink his allotted cup of bitterness?
men joy suffering
Does not man lack the force at the very point where he needs it most? And when he soars upward in joy, or sinks down in suffering, is not checked in both, is he not returned again to the dull, cold sphere of awareness, just when he was longing to lose himself in the fullness of the infinite.
men healthy mind
It is in vain that a man of sound mind and cool temper understands the condition of such a wretched being... He can no more communicate his own wisdom to him than a healthy man can instil his strength into the invalid by whose bedside he is seated.
men suffering coward
The suffering may be moral or physical; and in my opinion it is just as absurd to call a man a coward who destroys himself, as to call a man a coward who dies of a malignant fever.
men wind hair
Beware of her fair hair, for she excels All women in the magic of her locks; And when she winds them round a young man's neck, She will not ever set him free again.
men wish desire
The affairs of the world are no more than so much trickery, and a man who toils for money or honour or whatever else in deference to the wishes of others, rather than because his own desire or needs lead him to do so, will always be a fool.
men goal world
The greater part of all the mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims.
men goal achieve
The highest goal that man can achieve is amazement.
men giving half
What life half gives a man, posterity gives entirely.
men literature purpose
To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants.
men woods stuff
Wood burns because it has the proper stuff in it; and a man becomes famous because he has the proper stuff in him.
men noble earth
Noble be man, Helpful and good! For that alone Sets him apart From every other creature On earth.
men data age
The modern age has a false sense of superiority, because of the great mass of data at its disposal. But the valid criterion of distinction is rather the extent to which man knows how to form and master the material at his command.
men privilege loses
The old lose one of the greatest privileges of man, for they are no longer judged by their contemporaries.
men mind noble
The theater has often been at variance with the pulpit; they ought not to quarrel. How much is it to be wished that in both the celebration of nature and of God were intrusted to none but men of noble minds.
men reflection world
The world sees only the reflection of merit; therefore when you come to know a really great man intimately, you may as often find him above as below his reputation.
men water forever
The soul of man is like to water; from Heaven it cometh, to Heaven it riseth And then returning to earth, forever alternating.
men law study
If a man sets out to study all the laws, he will have no time left to transgress them.
men ignorant language
A man who is ignorant of foreign languages is also ignorant of his own language.
men ungrateful weakness
Ingratitude is always a kind of weakness. I have never known men of ability to be ungrateful.
men envy he-man
What a day it is when we must envy the men in their graves.
men bird temptation
Every bird has its decoy, and every man is led and misled in his own peculiar way.
men attention chance
A resolution that is communicated is no longer within thy power; thy attentions become now the plaything of chance; he who would have his commands certainly carried out must take man by surprise.
men two blame
When two men quarrel, who owns the cooler head is the more to blame.
men opportunity moments
Yet he who grasps the moment's gift, He is the proper man.
men casts petty
Great necessity elevates man, petty necessity casts him down
men feelings guilt
Every man bears something within him that, if it were publicly announced, would excite feelings of aversion.
men good-man way
A good man, through obscurest aspirations Has still an instinct of the one true way.
men agriculture self
A plant is like a self-willed man, out of whom we can obtain all which we desire, if we will only treat him his own way.
men years done
How many years must a man do nothing, before he can at all know what is to be done and how to do it!
men world finest
Man would not be the finest creature in the world if he were not too fine for it.