- Great
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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
- Family
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- Nov 07, 2020
The welfare culture tells the man he is not a necessary part of the family; he feels dispensable, his wife knows he is dispensable, his children sense it.
- Poor
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- Nov 07, 2020
With eye upraised his master's looks to scan, The joy, the solace, and the aid of man; The rich man's guardian, and the poor man's friend, The only creature faithful to the end.
- Mind
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- Nov 07, 2020
It demonstrates to his simple mind in the most positive manner that we have no prejudice against him on account of his race, and that while he behaves himself he will be treated the same as a white man.
- Hope
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is in vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction he will, he must necessarily turn his back on one half of the world.
- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
Our understanding of Shakespeare already depends largely on the vitality of Renaissance elements in our education. Each man must live in his own generation, as the saying is; but the generations are bound together by the golden links of the great tradition of civilization.
- Outside
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- Nov 07, 2020
Adventure is not outside man; it is within.
- Communication
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- Nov 07, 2020
Blessed is the man, who having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.
- Enough
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- Nov 07, 2020
It is a common enough case, that of a man being suddenly captivated by a woman nearly the opposite of his ideal.
- Strength
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- Nov 07, 2020
And when a woman's will is as strong as the man's who wants to govern her, half her strength must be concealment.
- Girl
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- Nov 07, 2020
You may try but you can never imagine what it is to have a man's form of genius in you, and to suffer the slavery of being a girl.
- Failure
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man ought to fear is failure of cleaving to the purpose he sees to be best.
- Nov 07, 2020
That's what a man wants in a wife, mostly; he wants to make sure one fool tells him he's wise.
- Nov 07, 2020