Man Quotes - page 21

A man must know how to fly in the face of opinion; a woman to submit to it. (Anne Louise Germaine de Staël)
Every man loves what he is good at. View quote
Thomas Shadwell
Many a man owes his success to his first wife and his second wife to his success. View quote
Jim Backus
The dog has got more fun out of Man than Man has got out of the dog, for the clearly demonstrable reason that Man is the more laughable of the two animals. View quote
James Thurber
I am not a cat man, but a dog man, and all felines can tell this at a glance - a sharp, vindictive glance. View quote
James Thurber
The dog has seldom been successful in pulling man up to its level of sagacity, but man has frequently dragged the dog down to his. View quote
James Thurber
Sophistication might be described as the ability to cope gracefully with a situation involving the presence of a formidable menace to one's poise and prestige (such as the butler, or the man under the bed - but never the husband). View quote
James Thurber
Man has gone long enough, or even too long, without being man enough to face the simple truth that the trouble with man is man. View quote
James Thurber
The man forget not, though in rags he lies, And know the mortal through a crown's disguise. View quote
Mark Akenside
The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself. View quote
Richard Francis Burton
We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause. (William James)
A man has as many social selves as there are individuals who recognize him. View quote
William James
The real man smiles in trouble, gathers strength from distress, and grows brave by reflection. View quote
Thomas Paine
The truly proud man knows neither superiors or inferiors. The first he does not admit of - the last he does not concern himself about. View quote
William Hazlitt
The way to procure insults is to submit to them a man meets with no more respect than he exacts. View quote
William Hazlitt
Every man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality. View quote
William Hazlitt
An honest man speaks the truth, though it may give offence; a vain man, in order that it may. View quote
William Hazlitt
No man is truly great who is great only in his lifetime. The test of greatness is the page of history. View quote
William Hazlitt
Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part. View quote
William Hazlitt
The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires to be constantly wound up. View quote
William Hazlitt
Defoe says that there were a hundred thousand country fellows in his time ready to fight to the death against popery, without knowing whether popery was a man or a horse. (William Hazlitt)
Lies are the religion of slaves and masters. Truth is the god of the free man. View quote
Maxim Gorky
I have often noticed that a bribe has that effect - it changes a relation. The man who offers a bribe gives away a little of his own importance; the bribe once accepted, he becomes the inferior, like a man who has paid for a woman. View quote
Graham Greene
Champagne, if you are seeking the truth, is better than a lie detector. It encourages a man to be expansive, even reckless, while lie detectors are only a challenge to tell lies successfully. View quote
Graham Greene
A murderer is regarded by the conventional world as something almost monstrous, but a murderer to himself is only an ordinary man. It is only if the murderer is a good man that he can be regarded as monstrous. View quote
Graham Greene