“There are men so philosophical that they can see humor in their own toothaches. But there has never lived a man so philosophical that he could see the toothache in his own humor.”
— H. L. Mencken
Author: H. L. Mencken
Category: men
Tags: men, H. L. Mencken
“States are as the men, they grow out of human characters.”
— Plato
Author: Plato
Category: men
Tags: men, Plato
“The tragedy of modern war is that the young men die fighting each other – instead of their real enemies back home in the capitals.”
— Edward Abbey
Author: Edward Abbey
Category: men
Tags: men, Edward Abbey
“It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.”
— Niccolo Machiavelli
Author: Niccolo Machiavelli
Category: men
Tags: men, Niccolo Machiavelli
“Men should only believe half of what women say. But which half?”
— Jean Giraudoux
Author: Jean Giraudoux
Category: men
Tags: men, Jean Giraudoux
“Our defense is in the preservation of the spirit which prizes liberty as a heritage of all men, in all lands, everywhere. Destroy this spirit and you have planted the seeds of despotism around your own doors.”
— Abraham Lincoln
Author: Abraham Lincoln
Category: men
Tags: men, Abraham Lincoln
“Give me six lines written by the most honorable of men, and I will find an excuse in them to hang him.”
— Cardinal Richelieu
Author: Cardinal Richelieu
Category: men
Tags: men, Cardinal Richelieu
“Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.”
— Buddha
Author: Buddha
Category: men
Tags: men, Buddha
“Women must tell men always that they are the strong ones. They are the big, the strong, the wonderful. In truth, women are the strong ones. It is just my opinion, I am not a professor.”
— Coco Chanel
Author: Coco Chanel
Category: men
Tags: men, Coco Chanel
“Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.”
— Aristotle
Author: Aristotle
Category: men
Tags: men, Aristotle
“Fame and power are the objects of all men. Even their partial fruition is gained by very few; and that, too, at the expense of social pleasure, health, conscience, life.”
— Benjamin Disraeli
Author: Benjamin Disraeli
Category: men
Tags: men, Benjamin Disraeli