- Him
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- Nov 07, 2020
Man Quotes
Short lines on character, patience and what it means to be a man.
This is a smaller, general collection of quotes touching on manhood, character and patience. One well-known line uses golf as an example, a test of temperament disguised as a leisure game, to make a wider point about what reveals a man's spirit. For steadier, values-driven lines, see our Good quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
From a very early age I had imbibed the opinion that it was every man's duty to do all that lay in his power to leave his country as good as he had found it.
- Live
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- Nov 07, 2020
To live well, to enjoy all things that make life pleasant, is the right of every man who constantly uses his strength judiciously and lawfully.
- Heart
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- Nov 07, 2020
O, popular applause! what heart of man is proof against thy sweet, seducing charms?
- Earth
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- Nov 07, 2020
The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change, And pleased with novelty, might be indulged.
- Die
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why should we honour those that die upon the field of battle? A man may show as reckless a courage in entering into the abyss of himself.
- Glory
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- Nov 07, 2020
Think where man's glory most begins and ends, and say my glory was I had such friends.
- Hands
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- Nov 07, 2020
An aged man is but a paltry thing, a tattered coat upon a stick, unless soul clap its hands and sing, and louder sing for every tatter in its mortal dress.
- Best
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- Nov 07, 2020
I have believed the best of every man. And find that to believe is enough to make a bad man show him at his best, or even a good man swings his lantern higher.
- Dreading
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- Nov 07, 2020
Nor dread nor hope attend a dying animal; a man awaits his end dreading and hoping all.
- Every Man
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- Nov 07, 2020