- Better Man
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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
- Food
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Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.
- Lie
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Any fool can tell the truth, but it requires a man of some sense to know how to lie well.
- Know
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All animals, except man, know that the principal business of life is to enjoy it.
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The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.
- Culture
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A man should be just cultured enough to be able to look with suspicion upon culture at first, not second hand.
- Marriage
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A man's friendships are, like his will, invalidated by marriage - but they are also no less invalidated by the marriage of his friends.
- Music
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Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything else, is always a portrait of himself.
- Money
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The three most important things a man has are, briefly, his private parts, his money, and his religious opinions.
- Home
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When I put out a record I don't really like to do covers as much, but I don't mind playing them. I do them mostly for my friends. When a friend's like, 'Man I really like that song,' I go 'hahaha' and I go home and I record it.
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