Men - Quotes
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.
A wise man will not leave the right to the mercy of chance, nor wish it to prevail through the power of the majority. There is but little virtue in the masses of men.
Inanimate objects are harmless indeed [...]. But one cannot always say the same of the men who use them.
Shallow men believe in luck, believe in circumstances: It was somebody`s name, or he happened to be there at the time, or, it was so then, and another day it would have been otherwise. Strong men believe in cause and effect.
Men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of man, and never make an effort to get up.
The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
Men marry because they are tired; women, because they are curious: both are disappointed.
Women buy stuff at sales for the same reason men climb mountains - because they’re there.
Men who are truly generous are always ready to compassionate when the misfortune of their enemy surpasses the limits of their hatred.
In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.
Men can only be happy when they do not assume that the object of life is happiness.