Man Quotes

Were I called on to define, very briefly, the term Art, I should call it 'the reproduction of what the Senses perceive in Nature through the veil of the soul.' The mere imitation, however accurate, of what is in Nature, entitles no man to the sacred name of 'Artist.'

Before marriage, a girl has to make love to a man to hold him. After marriage, she has to hold him to make love to him.

Not when truth is dirty, but when it is shallow, does the enlightened man dislike to wade into its waters.

An ungrateful man is like a hog under a tree eating acorns, but never looking up to see where they come from.

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.

The man who promises everything is sure to fulfil nothing, and everyone who promises too much is in danger of using evil means in order to carry out his promises, and is already on the road to perdition.

Many things, for aught I know, may exist, whereof neither I nor any other man hath or can have any idea or notion whatsoever.

Man is only great when he acts from passion.

Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.

Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood and steel and brass.

A man who as a physical being is always turned toward the outside, thinking that his happiness lies outside him, finally turns inward and discovers that the source is within him.

A good man would prefer to be defeated than to defeat injustice by evil means.

Listen to the cry of a woman in labor at the hour of giving birth - look at the dying man's struggle at his last extremity, and then tell me whether something that begins and ends thus could be intended for enjoyment.

A man can be happy with any woman, as long as he does not love her.

One man with courage makes a majority.

A man without ethics is a wild beast loosed upon this world.

Let no such man be trusted.

All the idols made by man, however terrifying they may be, are in point of fact subordinate to him, and that is why he will always have it in his power to destroy them.

Man lives in a world of meaning.

What white man has ever seen me drunk? Who has ever come to me hungry and left me unfed? Who has seen me beat my wives or abuse my children? What law have I broken?

A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit.

A woman's flattery may inflate a man's head a little; but her criticism goes straight to his heart, and contracts it so that it can never again hold quite as much love for her.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who cannot read them.

No woman needs intercourse; few women escape it.

It takes a great man to give sound advice tactfully, but a greater to accept it graciously.

Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.

Stand by your man. Give him two arms to cling to and something warm to come to.

The wise man does not expose himself needlessly to danger, since there are few things for which he cares sufficiently; but he is willing, in great crises, to give even his life - knowing that under certain conditions it is not worthwhile to live.

The world has the habit of making room for the man whose actions show that he knows where he is going.

All greatness of character is dependent on individuality. The man who has no other existence than that which he partakes in common with all around him, will never have any other than an existence of mediocrity.