Man Quotes

Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends.

A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself.

Morality which depends upon the helplessness of a man or woman has not much to recommend it. Morality is rooted in the purity of our hearts.

The Artist is he who detects and applies the law from observation of the works of Genius, whether of man or Nature. The Artisan is he who merely applies the rules which others have detected.

No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed.

I see that the fashion wears out more apparel than the man.

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.

Is it right to shoot the poor prostitute or a woman who is unfaithful to her husband, or a man who loves another man?

If we take the generally accepted definition of bravery as a quality which knows no fear, I have never seen a brave man. All men are frightened. The more intelligent they are, the more they are frightened.

I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.

Every man builds his world in his own image. He has the power to choose, but no power to escape the necessity of choice.

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

A man is relieved and gay when he has put his heart into his work and done his best; but what he has said or done otherwise shall give him no peace.

A woman knows the face of the man she loves as a sailor knows the open sea.

No one lies so boldly as the man who is indignant.

A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite.

If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?

Show me a sane man and I will cure him for you.

Look at the means which a man employs, consider his motives, observe his pleasures. A man simply cannot conceal himself!

The man of knowledge must be able not only to love his enemies but also to hate his friends.

Democracy gives every man the right to be his own oppressor.

A man who is not afraid is not aggressive, a man who has no sense of fear of any kind is really a free, a peaceful man.

A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance.

The man with the best job in the country is the vice-president. All he has to do is get up every morning and say, "How is the president?"

The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book.

Sometimes it's hard to be a woman giving all your love to just one man.

I am the wisest man alive, for I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

The progress of rivers to the ocean is not so rapid as that of man to error.

Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the form of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question.

All God wants of man is a peaceful heart.