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Quotes about men
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Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it. (Beerbohm Max)
If we feel the least degradation in being amorous, or merry or hungry, or sleepy, we are so far bad animals & miserable men. (Beerbohm Max)
As a man is, so he sees. As the eye is formed, such are its powers. (Beerbohm Max)
Great things are done when men and mountains meet. (Beerbohm Max)
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For all men would be cowards if they durst. (Beerbohm Max)
No man can cause more grief than that one clinging blindly to the vices of his ancestors. (Beerbohm Max)
The best of men cannot suspend their fate: The good die early, and the bad die late. (Beerbohm Max)
Every man has a property in his own person. This nobody has a right to, but himself. (Beerbohm Max)
This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble. (Beerbohm Max)
You have not converted a man because you have silenced him. (Beerbohm Max)
It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do. (Beerbohm Max)
It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to dMen are like sheep, of which a flock is more easily driven than a single one. (Beerbohm Max)
The best plans of men and mice often go awry. (Beerbohm Max)
Man s inhumanity to man makes countless thousands mourn. (Beerbohm Max)
Blame where you must, be candid where you can, and be each critic the good-natured man. (Beerbohm Max)
A bachelor is a man who comes to work each morning from a different direction. (Beerbohm Max)
Men are not to be told anything they might find too painful; the secret depths of human nature, the sordid physicalities, might overwhelm or damage them. For instance, men often faint at the sight of their own blood, to which they are not accustomed. For this reason you should never stand behind one in the line at the Red Cross donor clinic. (Beerbohm Max)
Left to itself the masculine imagination has very little appreciation for the here and now; it prefers to dwell on what is absent, on what has been or may be. If men are more punctual than women, it is because they know that, without the external discipline of clock time, they would never get anything done. (Beerbohm Max)
The masculine imagination lives in a state of perpetual revolt against the limitations of human life. In theological terms, one might say that all men, left to themselves, become gnostics. They may swagger like peacocks, but in their heart of hearts they all think sex an indignity and wish they could beget themselves on themselves. Hence the aggressive hostility toward women so manifest in most club-car stories. (Beerbohm Max)
The question arises as to whether it is possible not to live in the world of men and still to live in the world. (Beerbohm Max)
A true man hates no one. (Beerbohm Max)
The man, most man, works best for men: and, if most man indeed, he gets his manhood plainest from his soul. (Beerbohm Max)
Some men are like nails, very easily drawn; others however are more like rivets never drawn at all. (Beerbohm Max)
Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true. (Beerbohm Max)
Men always talk about the most important things to perfect strangers. In the perfect stranger we perceive man himself; the image of a God is not disguised by resemblances to an uncle or doubts of wisdom of a mustache. (Beerbohm Max)
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