Quotes about men
men opinion knows
Some men are just as sure of the truth of their opinions as are others of what they know. Aristotle
men special use
It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common; and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition.
men reverence
Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence.
men mind hearing
He who cannot see the truth for himself, nor, hearing it from others, store it away in his mind, that man is utterly worthless.
men want knows
Man by nature wants to know.
men good-man moral
Education and morals make the good man, the good statesman, the good ruler.
men differences ignorant
The difference between a learned man and an ignorant one is the same as that between a living man and a corpse.
men ought
A man is his own best friend; therefore he ought to love himself best.
men views achieve
...for all men do their acts with a view to achieving something which is, in their view, a good.
men cities people
A city is composed of different kinds of men; similar people cannot bring a city into existence.
men return being-loved
A man becomes a friend whenever being loved he loves in return.
men wealth expenditures
Men become richer not only by increasing their existing wealth but also by decreasing their expenditure.
men study
The complete man must work, study and wrestle.
men study supreme
The science that studies the supreme good for man is politics.
men desire knows
Man by Nature desires to know.
men class looks
It is the mark of an educated man to look for precision in each class of things just so far as the nature of the subject admits
men soul bears
The high-minded man does not bear grudges, for it is not the mark of a great soul to remember injuries, but to forget them.
men lows mercenary
All flatterers are mercenary, and all low-minded men are flatterers.
men generous-spirit indulge-in
No man of high and generous spirit is ever willing to indulge in flattery; the good may feel affection for others, but will not flatter them.
men birth moments
Men are marked from the moment of birth to rule or be ruled.
men benefits shame
The high-minded man is fond of conferring benefits, but it shames him to receive them.
men misanthrope beast
The misanthrope, as an essentially solitary man, is not a man at all: he must be a beast or a god...
men firsts
Man first begins to philosophize when the necessities of life are supplied.
men good-man wicked
Wicked men obey out of fear. good men, out of love
men perfect good-man
The virtue of the good man is necessarily the same as the virtue of the citizen of the perfect state.
men two soul
Now the soul of man is divided into two parts, one of which has a rational principle in itself, and the other, not having a rational principle in itself, is able to obey such a principle. And we call a man in any way good because he has the virtues of these two parts.
men thinking law
Men agree that justice in the abstract is proportion, but they differ in that some think that if they are equal in any respect they are equal absolutely, others that if they are unequal in any respect they should be unequal in all. The only stable principle of government is equality according to proportion, and for every man to enjoy his own.
men thinking good-man
Nor need it cause surprise that things disagreeable to the good man should seem pleasant to some men; for mankind is liable to many corruptions and diseases, and the things in question are not really pleasant, but only pleasant to these particular persons, who are in a condition to think them so.
men diversity delight
In the human species at all events there is a great diversity of pleasures. The same things delight some men and annoy others, and things painful and disgusting to some are pleasant and attractive to others.
men thinking body
As the pleasures of the body are the ones which we most often meet with, and as all men are capable of these, these have usurped the family title; and some men think these are the only pleasures that exist, because they are the only ones which they know.
men desire unions
Man, as an originator of action, is a union of desire and intellect.
men human-nature mass
[Meanness] is more ingrained in man's nature than Prodigality; the mass of mankind are avaricious rather than open-handed.
men evil human-nature
Every man should be responsible to others, nor should any one be allowed to do just as he pleases; for where absolute freedom is allowed, there is nothing to restrain the evil which is inherent in every man.