- Nov 07, 2020
Men Quotes
Serious duty and dry humor, side by side.
Quotes about "men" here range from serious to sharply funny — one set addresses military service and daily accountability, while another pushes back on the idea that women should shape themselves around what men expect. For related themes, see Great quotes.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Real
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women have taken on traditionally masculine roles and professions, and there is no real equivalent for men. Men are still extremely reluctant, as we all are reluctant to see them, take on traditionally feminine roles or professions. That is just not something that they do easily.
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- Nov 07, 2020
Women had a rights movement where they fought for changes. Men... don't band together in quite that way. It happens not in such a public-cascade way as in a house-to-house way.
- Nov 07, 2020
If you look at total numbers in the working and middle class, men still on average make more than women.
- Feel
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- Nov 07, 2020
Evolutionary psychology tells us that men, especially powerful men, feel invincible and entitled to spread their seed, and that women can't resist the scent of masculine power. Women, by contrast, are said to be more altruistic and collaborative, seeking power so that they can share it with others.
- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
As we get used to women in power, we are likely to discover that they behave much like powerful men - vain, entitled, always looking for more.
- Happiness
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- Nov 07, 2020
The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are but different means chosen to arrive at it.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
It requires genius to make a good pun - some men of bright parts can't reach it.
- Evil
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- Nov 07, 2020
Idleness among children, as among men, is the root of all evil, and leads to no other evil more certain than ill temper.
- Intelligent
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- Nov 07, 2020
The intelligent ruler makes the law select men and makes no arbitrary appointment himself; he makes the law measure merits and makes no arbitrary judgment himself.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
If you rely on political factions to promote men to office, the people will work to develop instrumental relationships and will not seek to be useful with regard to the law. Thus, a ruler who mistakes reputation for ability when assigning offices will see his state fall into disorder.
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- Nov 07, 2020
If a ruler of men wants to put an end to vice, he must examine the correspondence between form and name and look to see how what is said differs from what is done.
- He
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- Nov 07, 2020
A ruler of men faces two possible misfortunes: if he employs the worthy, the ministers will use worthiness as a pretext to rob their ruler of his power, but if he promotes men recklessly, his affairs will be neglected, and he will not prevail.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Certainly there are great men whose age circumscribes them so completely that we lose interest.
- Nov 07, 2020
Dead men tell no tales.
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- Nov 07, 2020