When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon. – Thomas Paine
Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked. – Niccolo Machiavelli
Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously. – H. L. Mencken
No man has the right to dictate what other men should perceive, create or produce, but all should be encouraged to reveal themselves, their perceptions and emotions, and to build confidence in the creative spirit. – Ansel Adams
I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to move at all. – Alexis de Tocqueville
Welcome to Lake Wobegon, where all the women are strong, all the men are good-looking, and all the children are above average. – Garrison Keillor
Men often oppose a thing merely because they have had no agency in planning it, or because it may have been planned by those whom they dislike. – Alexander Hamilton
The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man. – Sun Tzu
Guys are simple… women are not simple and they always assume that men must be just as complicated as they are, only way more mysterious. The whole point is guys are not thinking much. They are just what they appear to be. Tragically. – Dave Barry
Men exist for the sake of one another. – Marcus Aurelius
Self-knowledge comes from knowing other men. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it. – H. L. Mencken
To the person with a firm purpose all men and things are servants. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Men who are in earnest are not afraid of consequences. – Marcus Garvey
A man is ethical only when life, as such, is sacred to him, that of plants and animals as that of his fellow men, and when he devotes himself helpfully to all life that is in need of help. – Albert Schweitzer
What makes a woman beautiful is her loyalty to and her friendships with other women, and her honesty with men. – Vanessa Marcil
There are only two kinds of men: the righteous who think they are sinners and the sinners who think they are righteous. – Blaise Pascal
Brave men rejoice in adversity, just as brave soldiers triumph in war. – Lucius Annaeus Seneca
What men value in this world is not rights but privileges. – H. L. Mencken
