“The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets.”
— Eric Hoffer
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Why is it that, as a culture,
“Why is it that, as a culture, we are more comfortable seeing two men holding guns than holding hands?”
— Ernest Gaines
Author: Ernest Gaines
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While civilization has been improving our houses,
“While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings.”
— Henry David Thoreau
Author: Henry David Thoreau
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Smart women love smart men more than
“Smart women love smart men more than smart men love smart women.”
— Natalie Portman
Author: Natalie Portman
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But while they prate of economic laws,
“But while they prate of economic laws, men and women are starving. We must lay hold of the fact that economic laws are not made by nature. They are made by human beings.”
— Franklin D. Roosevelt
Author: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Category: men
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With reasonable men, I will reason; with
“With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost.”
— William Lloyd Garrison
Author: William Lloyd Garrison
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Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three
“Wisdom, compassion, and courage are the three universally recognized moral qualities of men.”
— Confucius
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When men are full of envy they
“When men are full of envy they disparage everything, whether it be good or bad.”
— Tacitus
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I only like two kinds of men,
“I only like two kinds of men, domestic and imported.”
— Mae West
Author: Mae West
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A great value of antiquity lies in
“A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.”
— Friedrich Nietzsche
Author: Friedrich Nietzsche
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Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men
“Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.”
— Oscar Wilde
Author: Oscar Wilde
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