Quotes
Quotes about Man
Everything that is superfluous overflows from the full bosom. [Lat., Omne supervacuum pleno de pectore manat.]
A woman's mind is affected by the meanest gifts. [Lat., Parvis mobilis rebus animus muliebris.]
In giving, a man receives more than he gives, and the more is in proportion to the worth of the thing given.
The restlessness that comes upon girls upon summer evenings results in lasting trouble unless it is speedily controlled. The right kind of man does not look for a wife on the streets, and the right kind of girl waits till the man comes to her home for her.
There are so many girls, and so few princes.
It is a common phenomenon that just the prettiest girls find it so difficult to get a man.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatnessâgreat wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
Give every man your ear, but few thy voice. Take each man's censure, but reserve thy judgment.
Giving advice to a stupid man is like giving salt to a squirrel.
I hate the giving of the hand unless the whole man accompanies it.
Romance is the glamour which turns the dust of everyday life into a golden haze.
While many a glowworm in the shade Lights up her love torch.
A poor man who eats too much, as contradistinguished from a gourmand, who is a rich man who "lives well.".
In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.
This is the artist, then, life's hungry man, the glutton of eternity, beauty's miser, glory's slave.
In general, mankind, since the improvement of cookery, eats twice as much as nature requires.
Gnomes live ten times faster than humans. They're harder to see than a high-speed mouse. That's one reason why most humans hardly ever see them. The other is that humans are very good at not seeing things they know aren't there. And, since sensible humans know that there are no such things as people four inches high, a gnome who doesn't want to be seen probably won't be seen... Wings
I feel that the most important step in any major accomplishment is setting a specific goal. This enables you to keep your mind focused on your goal and off the many obstacles that will arise when you're striving to do your best.
Our plans miscarry because they have no aim. When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.
Man is a goal seeking animal. His life only has meaning if he is reaching out and striving for his goals.
There are two things to aim at in life: first, to get what you want; and, after that, to enjoy it. Only the wisest of mankind achieve the second.
Man thinks, God directs. [Lat., Homo cogitat, Deu indicat.]
Man says--"So, so." Heaven says--"No, no."
Man proposes, and God disposes. [It., Ordina l'uomo, e dio dispone.]
They that deny a God destroy man's nobility; for certainly man is of kin to the beasts by his body; and, if he be not of kin to God by his spirit, his is a base and ignoble creature.
