Famous Quotes About men

Clever men are good, but they are not the best.

The worst men often give the best advice.

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge. It brings out all that is best it removes all that is base. All men are afraid in battle. The coward is the one who lets his fear overcome his sense of duty. Duty is the essence of manhood.

But men are men the best sometimes forget.

The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.

Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.

Some of my best leading men have been dogs and horses.

I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.

It is not in the nature of politics that the best men should be elected. The best men do not want to govern their fellowmen.

You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know.