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. Aristotle
Men create gods after their own image, not only with regard to their form but with regard to their mode of life. Aristotle
All men make mistakes, but married men find out about them sooner. Red Skelton
The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness. Aristotle
Choose silence of all virtues, for by it you hear other men's imperfections, and conceal your own. George Bernard Shaw
All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to bed, and wakes them in the morning. Henry David Thoreau
Men are swayed more by fear than by reverence. Aristotle
It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood. James Madison
Of all religions, the Christian should of course inspire the most tolerance, but until now Christians have been the most intolerant of all men. Voltaire
The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him. Niccolo Machiavelli
Stupid as a man, say the women: cowardly as a woman, say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly. Friedrich Nietzsche
It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims. Aristotle
Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion. Dwight D. Eisenhower
How could man rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men? Lao Tzu
Not necessity, not desire - no, the love of power is the demon of men. Let them have everything - health, food, a place to live, entertainment - they are and remain unhappy and low-spirited: for the demon waits and waits and will be satisfied. Friedrich Nietzsche
A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness. Friedrich Nietzsche
It doesn't take a hero to order men into battle. It takes a hero to be one of those men who goes into battle. Norman Schwarzkopf
'Evil men have no songs.' How is it that the Russians have songs? Friedrich Nietzsche
I have never found a companion that was so companionable as solitude. We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. A man thinking or working is always alone, let him be where he will. Henry David Thoreau