- Life
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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
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject, but man only.
- May
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- Nov 07, 2020
A man's conscience and his judgment is the same thing; and as the judgment, so also the conscience, may be erroneous.
- Condition
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- Nov 07, 2020
The condition of man... is a condition of war of everyone against everyone.
- Light
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The secret thoughts of a man run over all things, holy, profane, clean, obscene, grave, and light, without shame or blame.
- Nov 07, 2020
A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him.
- Peace
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- Nov 07, 2020
That a man be willing, when others are so too, as far forth as for peace and defence of himself he shall think it necessary, to lay down this right to all things; and be contented with so much liberty against other men, as he would allow other men against himself.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
If the best man's faults were written on his forehead, he would draw his hat over his eyes.
- Funny
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- Nov 07, 2020
A rich man's joke is always funny.
- Moon
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- Nov 07, 2020
I will venture to say that sending a probe to the center of the earth will be more difficult than putting a man on the moon or sending a spaceship to Mars.
- Forgiveness
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- Nov 07, 2020
He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020