Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well. Ralph Waldo Emerson
I began revolution with 82 men. If I had to do it again, I do it with 10 or 15 and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action. Fidel Castro
Truth is the property of no individual but is the treasure of all men. Ralph Waldo Emerson
It was pride that changed angels into devils it is humility that makes men as angels. Saint Augustine
Men admire the man who can organize their wishes and thoughts in stone and wood and steel and brass. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The revelation of thought takes men out of servitude into freedom. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The reason why men do not obey us, is because they see the mud at the bottom of our eye. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence for these wish well alike to each other qua good, and they are good in themselves. Aristotle
He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals. Immanuel Kant
It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances. Ralph Waldo Emerson
The search after the great men is the dream of youth, and the most serious occupation of manhood. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Great men or men of great gifts you shall easily find, but symmetrical men never. Ralph Waldo Emerson
In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise. Ralph Waldo Emerson
Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way. Aristotle
Different men seek after happiness in different ways and by different means, and so make for themselves different modes of life and forms of government. Aristotle
It is clearly better that property should be private, but the use of it common and the special business of the legislator is to create in men this benevolent disposition. Aristotle
Let no one weep for me, or celebrate my funeral with mourning for I still live, as I pass to and fro through the mouths of men. Quintus Ennius
Bachelors know more about women than married men if they didn't they'd be married too. H. L. Mencken
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. Plato