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I have thought there was some advantage even in death, by which we mingle with the herd of common men.
Henry David Thoreau on men

One machine can do the work of fifty ordinary men. No machine can do the work of one extraordinary man.
Elbert Hubbard on men

All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God.
Voltaire on men

Things that I felt absolutely sure of but a few years ago, I do not believe now. This thought makes me see more clearly how foolish it would be to expect all men to agree with me.
Jim Rohn on men

I'm supposed to have a Ph.D. on the subject of women. But the truth is I've flunked more often than not. I'm very fond of women I admire them. But, like all men, I don't understand them.
Frank Sinatra on men

Men make history and not the other way around. In periods where there is no leadership, society stands still. Progress occurs when courageous, skillful leaders seize the opportunity to change things for the better.
Harry S. Truman on men

An American monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.
Charles Darwin on men

Until the men of action clear out the talkers we who have social consciences are at the mercy of those who have none.
George Bernard Shaw on men

Old men are dangerous: it doesn't matter to them what is going to happen to the world.
George Bernard Shaw on men

Life levels all men. Death reveals the eminent.
George Bernard Shaw on men

Men and women belong to different species and communications between them is still in its infancy.
Bill Cosby on men

Nothing is ever done in this world until men are prepared to kill one another if it is not done.
George Bernard Shaw on men

We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.
George Bernard Shaw on men

Men have to do some awfully mean things to keep up their respectability.
George Bernard Shaw on men

Men are wise in proportion, not to their experience, but to their capacity for experience.
George Bernard Shaw on men

Men must live and create. Live to the point of tears.
Albert Camus on men

Christmas in Bethlehem. The ancient dream: a cold, clear night made brilliant by a glorious star, the smell of incense, shepherds and wise men falling to their knees in adoration of the sweet baby, the incarnation of perfect love.
Lucinda Franks on men

I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done.
Henry Ford on men

A woman who is willing to be herself and pursue her own potential runs not so much the risk of loneliness, as the challenge of exposure to more interesting men - and people in general.
Lorraine Hansberry on men

The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.
Ayn Rand on men