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Men

We sleep safe in our beds because rough men stand ready in the night to visit violence on those who would do us harm. – George Orwell

All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women. – Voltaire

Wise men, when in doubt whether to speak or to keep quiet, give themselves the benefit of the doubt, and remain silent. – Napoleon Hill

All men can see these tactics whereby I conquer, but what none can see is the strategy out of which victory is evolved. – Sun Tzu

Beware, so long as you live, of judging men by their outward appearance. – Jean de La Fontaine

Whoever has provoked men to rage against him has always gained a party in his favor, too. – Friedrich Nietzsche

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

When women go wrong, men go right after them. – Mae West

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

It is the most sensual men who need to flee women and torment their bodies. – Friedrich Nietzsche

Being the boss anywhere is lonely. Being a female boss in a world of mostly men is especially so. – Robert Frost

In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high. – Henry David Thoreau

I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets less value on his own opinions of himself than on the opinions of others. – Marcus Aurelius

Power does not corrupt men fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power. – George Bernard Shaw

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder. – George Washington

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they see. – Henry David Thoreau

The law will never make a man free it is men who have got to make the law free. – Henry David Thoreau

Instead of noblemen, let us have noble villages of men. – Henry David Thoreau

Things that I felt absolutely sure of but a few years ago, I do not believe now. This thought makes me see more clearly how foolish it would be to expect all men to agree with me. – Jim Rohn

An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men. – Charles Darwin