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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.
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- Education
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- Nov 07, 2020
He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are.
- Ignorant
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- Nov 07, 2020
He that knows himself, knows others; and he that is ignorant of himself, could not write a very profound lecture on other men's heads.
- Eyes
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- Nov 07, 2020
Men are born with two eyes, but with one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.
- Prove
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- Nov 07, 2020
Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.
- Loss
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- Nov 07, 2020
War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.
- Getting Drunk
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- Nov 07, 2020
An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.
- Alone
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- Nov 07, 2020
Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.
- Nothing
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Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.
- Go
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- Nov 07, 2020
The Constitution did not even go into effect when Washington was inaugurated first President. The wisest men knew that it was only a figment of the imagination then.
- Great
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- Nov 07, 2020
Quite naturally, the men who led in stirring up the revolt against Great Britain and in keeping the fighting temper of the Revolutionists at the proper heat were the boldest and most radical thinkers - men like Samuel Adams, Thomas Paine, Patrick Henry, and Thomas Jefferson.
- Personality
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- Nov 07, 2020