Lord of
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easily hearts men power ring
...But the hearts of men are easily corrupted... And the ring of power has a will of its own.
men share endure
A man must have a good share of wit himself to endure a great share in another.
men want honest
When I want a peerage, I shall buy one like an honest man.
apt men secrets trusted vanity
Women, and young men, are very apt to tell what secrets they know, from the vanity of having been trusted
losing men opinions rendered
For most men (till by losing rendered sager), Will back their own opinions by a wager
art heart men none social true
To feel for none is the true social art of the world's stoics - men without a heart
happiness men easy
When men are easy in themselves, they let others remain so.
bullying men calm
True courage is cool and calm. The bravest of men have the least of a brutal, bullying insolence, and in the very time of danger are found the most serene and free.
men religion
Men of sense are really all of one religion. But men of sense never tell what it is.
men temper ifs
Temper, if ungoverned, governs the whole man.
passion men may
Through certain humors or passions, and from temper merely, a man may be completely miserable, let his outward circumstances be ever so fortunate.
real heart men
It is not wit merely, but temper, which must form the well-bred man. In the same manner it is not a head merely, but a heart and resolution, which must complete the real philosopher.
religious men thinking
If we are told a man is religious we still ask what are his morals? But if we hear at first that he has honest morals, and is a man of natural justice and good temper, we seldom think of the other question, whether he be religious and devout.
hardly man men
Men may be popular without being ambitious, but there is hardly an ambitious man who does not try to be popular.