Quotes about men
men littles noise
How about a little noise. How do you expect a man to putt? Babe Ruth
men almighty
Cobb is a prick. But he sure can hit. God Almighty, that man can hit.
men
Who is richer? The man who is seen, but cannot see? Or the man who is not being seen, but can see?
men hair long
Like when I had long hair, you kind of got male attention from everything. But when you had short hair, it was a different kind of man that was attracted to you or I found coming up. Ashley Scott
men able divinity
What is divine? It is simply that which man has not been able to understand. Once you do, it loses its divinity. Ashwin Sanghi
men law broken
All laws which can be broken without any injury to another, are counted but a laughing-stock, and are so far from bridling the desires and lusts of men, that on the contrary they stimulate them. Baruch Spinoza
men laughing understanding
I have tried sedulously not to laugh at the acts of man, nor to lament them, nor to detest them, but to understand them.
men fancy fame
Fame has also this great drawback, that if we pursue it, we must direct our lives so as to please the fancy of men.
men hands excellent
How would it be possible if salvation were ready to our hand, and could without great labor be found, that it should be by almost all men neglected? But all things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
men careers giving
To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole.
men law mind
Man can, indeed, act contrarily to the decrees of God, as far as they have been written like laws in the minds of ourselves or the prophets, but against that eternal decree of God, which is written in universal nature, and has regard to the course of nature as a whole, he can do nothing.
men sides action
Men will find that they can ... avoid far more easily the perils which beset them on all sides by united action.
men essence desire
Desire is the essence of a man.
men faces overcoming
The virtue of a free man appears equally great in refusing to face difficulties as in overcoming them.
men liberty may
the ultimate aim of government is not to rule, or restrain by fear, nor to exact obedience, but to free every man from fear that he may live in all possible security... In fact the true aim of government is liberty.
men serving
Men are especially intolerant of serving and being ruled by, their equals.
men slavery barbarism
If slavery, barbarism and desolation are to be called peace, men can have no worse misfortune.
men law finals
Since love of God is the highest felicity and happiness of man, his final end and the aim of all his actions, it follows that he alone observes the divine law who is concerned to love God not from fear of punishment nor love of something else, such as pleasure, fame, ect., but from the single fact that he knows God, or that he knows that the knowledge and love of God is the highest good
men offers
Nature offers nothing that can be called this man's rather than another's; but under nature everything belongs to all.
men religion useless
Men would never be superstitious, if they could govern all their circumstances by set rules, or if they were always favoured by fortune: but being frequently driven into straits where rules are useless, and being often kept fluctuating pitiably between hope and fear by the uncertainty of fortune's greedily coveted favours, they are consequently for the most part, very prone to credulity.
men people hatred
A free man, who lives among ignorant people, tries as much as he can to refuse their benefits. .. He who lives under the guidance of reason endeavours as much as possible to repay his fellow's hatred, rage, contempt, etc. with love and nobleness.
men past anticipation
A man is as much affected pleasurably or painfully by the image of a thing past or future as by the image of a thing present.
men desire tongue
Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
men made convenience
True piety for the universe but no time for religions made for man's convenience.
men long impossible
So long as a man imagines that he cannot do this or that, so long as he is determined not to do it; and consequently so long as it is impossible to him that he should do it.
men desire wish
Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
men desire tongue
Surely human affairs would be far happier if the power in men to be silent were the same as that to speak. But experience more than sufficiently teaches that men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more easily than their words.
men envy human-nature
It is usually the case with most men that their nature is so constituted that they pity those who fare badly and envy those who fare well.
men emotion prey
When a man is prey to his emotions, he is not his own master.
men people giving
Giving other people advice is one of the most irritating and useless activities known to man. Barbara Mertz
men talking political
When men start talking about 'honor', there is sure to be trouble ahead.
men gentleman pay
Is is difficult to be angry with a gentleman who pays you compliments, even impertinent compliments. Especially impertinent compliments.
men arrogance surprise
If you take a man by surprise, and behave with sufficient arrogance, he will generally do what you ask. -Emerson