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Men

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife. – Jane Austen

Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Men get to be a mixture of the charming mannerisms of the women they have known. – F. Scott Fitzgerald

I am an agnostic I do not pretend to know what many ignorant men are sure of. – Clarence Darrow

By indignities men come to dignities. – Francis Bacon

Many men owe the grandeur of their lives to their tremendous difficulties. – Charles Spurgeon

Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence. – Democritus

When men and women agree, it is only in their conclusions their reasons are always different. – George Santayana

There is no such thing as justice in the abstract it is merely a compact between men. – Epicurus

In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good. – Charles Caleb Colton

The duty of comedy is to correct men by amusing them. – Moliere

Pride, envy, avarice – these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men. – Dante Alighieri

Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men. – E. B. White

There would be no great men if there were no little ones. – George Herbert

It is the privilege of the gods to want nothing, and of godlike men to want little. – Diogenes

Men and women have strengths that complement each other. – Edwin Louis Cole

Most men, when they think they are thinking, are merely rearranging their prejudices. – Knute Rockne

One must judge men not by their opinions, but by what their opinions have made of them. – Georg C. Lichtenberg

He was one of those men who possess almost every gift, except the gift of the power to use them. – Charles Kingsley