956 quotes found
“Every man in the world is better than someone else and not as good as someone else.”
“The world is my country the human race is my race. The spirit of man is my god the future of man is my heaven.”
“The only things that distinguish us from the rest of the animals Madam is our habit of drinking when we are not thirsty and making love at any time.”
“There was never any reason to believe in any innate superiority of the male except his superior muscle.”
“Men build bridges and throw ra ilroads across deserts and yet they contend successfully that the job of sewing on a button is beyond them. Accordingly they don't have to sew buttons.”
“As vivacity is the gift of women gravity is that of men.”
“When I was young I used to have successes with women because I was young. Now I have successes with women because I am old. Middle age was the hardest part.”
“At twenty a man is a peacock at thirty a lion at forty a camel at fifty a serpent at sixty a dog at seventy an ape at eighty nothing at all.”
“There are three classes of men-lovers of wisdom lovers of honour lovers of gain.”
“Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.”
“Women are never disarmed by compliments. Men always are. That is the difference between the sexes.”
“But men are men the best sometimes forget.”
“Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.”
“Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.”
“Real men laugh at opposition real men smile when enemies appear.”
“People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.”
