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Men

Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say. – Charles Caleb Colton

Nothing doth more hurt in a state than that cunning men pass for wise. – Francis Bacon

It is a sad thing when men have neither the wit to speak well nor the judgment to hold their tongues. – Jean de la Bruyere

Many men are contemptuous of riches few can give them away. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

The production of children, the nurture of those born, and the daily life of men, of these matters woman is visibly the cause. – Guru Nanak

A good part – and definitely the most fun part – of being a feminist is about frightening men. – Julie Burchill

If boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become men? – Vincent Van Gogh

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit. – Ansel Adams

We do not want the men of another color for our brothers-in-law, but we do want them for our brothers. – Booker T. Washington

Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds. – Sophocles

All men are liable to error and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it. – John Locke

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter. – Benjamin Disraeli

Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind. – Neil Armstrong

Men are able to trust one another, knowing the exact degree of dishonesty they are entitled to expect. – Stephen Leacock

Men know everything – all of them – all the time – no matter how stupid or inexperienced or arrogant or ignorant they are. – Andrea Dworkin

Justice consists in doing no injury to men decency in giving them no offense. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

There are more men ennobled by study than by nature. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

We must conceive of this whole universe as one commonwealth of which both gods and men are members. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

Men will bear many things from a kept mistress, which they would not bear from a wife. – Samuel Richardson