Quotes
Quotes about Man
Mankind's struggle upwards, in which millions are trampled to death, that thousands may mount on their bodies.
The true test of civilization is, not the census, nor the size of the cities, nor the crops, but the kind of man that the country ;turns out.
The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
All mankind is divided into three classes: those that are immovable, those that are movable, and those that move.
Mankind is divided into rich and poor, into property owners and exploited and to abstract oneself from this fundamental division and from the antagonism between poor and rich means abstracting oneself from fundamental facts.
I'll follow, as they say, for reward. He that rewards me, God reward him. If I do grow great, I'll grow less; for I'll purge, and leave sack, and live cleanly, as a nobleman should do.
The doctrine of human equality reposes on this: that there is no man really clever who has not found that he is stupid.
A man likes his wife to be just clever enough to appreciate his cleverness, and just stupid enough to admire it.
No man ever repented on his deathbed of being a Christian.
No man is a failure who has friends.
You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.
The man who makes no mistakes does not usually make anything.
A man is not where he lives, but where he loves.
A wise man may look ridiculous in the company of fools.
He who knows not and knows not that he knows not is a fool. Shun him. He who knows not and knows that he knows not is a child. Teach him. He who knows and knows not that he knows is asleep. Wake him. He who knows and knows that he knows is a wise man. Follow him.
Jesus is the man God intended all humans to be.
To live your life to the fullest, you've got to be a master of economics...after all, time's demand is always far exceeding it's supply.
When an old man dies, a library burns down.
All of the biggest technological inventions created by man - the airplane, the automobile, the computer - says little about his intelligence, but speaks volumes about his laziness.
Heaven is where the police are British, the mechanics German, the cooks are French, the lovers Italian, and all is organize by the Swiss.
No man is too big to be kind...but many men are too little.
Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
If you treat a man as he is, he will remain as he is; if you treat him as he ought to be and could be, he will become as he ought to be and could be.
When a man gets up to speak, people listen, then look. When a woman gets up, people look; then, if they like what they see, they listen.
If you set the example, you won't need to set many rules.
