Quotes about men
men soul body
And woman should stand beside man as the comrade of his soul, not the servant of his body, Charlotte Perkins Gilman
men genius sigh
It is not for nothing that a man's best friends sigh when he marries, especially if he is a man of genius. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
men underwear obsessed
For men obsessed with women's underwear, a course in washing, ironing and mending is recommended. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
men forever atheism
Let us inquire what glory there was in an omnipotent being torturing forever a puny little creature who could in no way defend himself? Would it be to the glory of a man to fry ants? Charlotte Perkins Gilman
men warfare noise
[Warfare is] maleness in its absurdest extremes. Here is to be studied the whole gamut of basic masculinity, from the initial instinct of combat, through every form of glorious ostentation, with the loudest accompaniment of noise. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
men honor want
A man's honor always seems to want to kill a woman to satisfy it. Charlotte Perkins Gilman
men flirting worry
I've always said that I worry about being with a man who doesn't flirt. Charlize Theron
men thinking people
I love fragrance for the pure fact that I think it's something that women utilize in a way to make themselves feel good, and I think this idea that we do it for men or for other people is such a misconception. Charlize Theron
men thinking interesting
I think it's interesting that women, by nature, are way more conflicted than men. Charlize Theron
men ruins
Trample not on the ruins of a man. Charles Lamb
men littles sin
So near are the boundaries of panegyric and invective, that a worn-out sinner is sometimes found to make the best declaimer against sin. The same high-seasoned descriptions which in his unregenerate state served to inflame his appetites, in his new province of a moralist will serve him (a little turned) to expose the enormity of those appetites in other men. Charles Lamb
men good-man doe
It is well if the good man himself does not feel his devotions a little clouded, those foggy sensuous steams mingling with and polluting the pure altar surface. Charles Lamb
men vices magnificent
The vices of some men are magnificent. Charles Lamb
men apples opinion
Coleridge declares that a man cannot have a good conscience who refuses apple dumplings, and I confess that I am of the same opinion. Charles Lamb
men association gains
We gain nothing by being with such as ourselves. We encourage one another in mediocrity. I am always longing to be with men more excellent than myself. Charles Lamb
men enemy pun
I never knew an enemy to puns who was not an ill-natured man. Charles Lamb
men poor estates
From a poor man, poor in Time, I was suddenly lifted up into a vast revenue; I could see no end of my possessions; I wanted some steward, or judicious bailiff, to manage my estates in Time for me. Charles Lamb
men recipes dull
The man must have a rare recipe for melancholy, who can be dull in Fleet Street. Charles Lamb
men garden prison
A garden was the primitive prison, till man with Promethean felicity and boldness, luckily sinned himself out of it. Charles Lamb
men animal gambling
Man is a gaming animal. Charles Lamb
men smoking drs
Dr Parr...asked him, how he had acquired his power of smoking at such a rate? Lamb replied, 'I toiled after it, sir, as some men toil after virtue.' Charles Lamb
men soul trying
There was a little man, and he had a little soul; And he said, Little Soul, let us try, try, try! Charles Lamb
men apples mind
A man cannot have a pure mind who refuses apple dumplings. Charles Lamb
men animal gambling
Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other. Charles Lamb
men likes wells
The measure of choosing well, is, whether a man likes and finds good in what he has chosen. Charles Lamb
men self dimensions
How sickness enlarges the dimension of a man’s self to himself! Charles Lamb
men smoking toil
I toiled after it, sir, as some men toil after virtue. Charles Lamb
men two race
The human species, according to the best theory I can form of it, is composed of two distinct races, the men who borrow and the men who lend. Charles Lamb
men self stamps
Self-laudation abounds among the unpolished, but nothing can stamp a man more sharply as ill-bred.
men insult injury
I once met a man who had forgiven an injury. I hope some day to meet the man who has forgiven an insult.
men poison victim
A man's venom poisons himself more than his victims.
men poison bitter
Bad temper is its own scourge. Few things are more bitter than to feel bitter. A man's venom poisons himself more than his victim.
men atheism age
The ameliorating march of the last few centuries has been initiated by the heretics of each age, though I concede that the men and women denounced and persecuted as infidels by the pious of one century are frequently claimed as saints by the pious of a later generation. Charles Bradlaugh