Quotes about men
men political royal
Perhaps here we have a clue to the reason why royal rule used to exist formerly, namely the difficulty of finding enough men of outstanding virtue .. Aristotle
men tragedy action
Tragedy is an imitation not of men but of a life, an action
men law differences
It makes no difference whether a good man has defrauded a bad man, or a bad man defrauded a good man, or whether a good or bad man has committed adultery: the law can look only to the amount of damage done.
men perfect soul
... the good for man is an activity of the soul in accordance with virtue, or if there are more kinds of virtue than one, in accordance with the best and most perfect kind.
men evil liberty
Men regard it as their right to return evil for evil and, if they cannot, feel they have lost their liberty.
men religion atheism
Men create the gods after their own images.
men order opinion
Why do men seek honour? Surely in order to confirm the favorable opinion they have formed of themselves.
men class slave
He who is by nature not his own but another's man is by nature a slave.
men views purpose
If then nature makes nothing without some end in view, nothing to no purpose, it must be that nature has made all of them for the sake of man.
men desire sisyphus
It is of the nature of desire not to be satisfied, and most men live only for the gratification of it.
men soul excellence
These virtues are formed in man by his doing the actions ... The good of man is a working of the soul in the way of excellence in a complete life.
men opinion knows
Some men are just as sure of the truth of their opinions as are others of what they know.
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...