Quotes
Quotes about Man
As soon as she (woman) begins to be ashamed of what she ought not, she will not be ashamed of what she ought. [Lat., Nae simul pudere quod non oportet coeperit; quod oportet non pudebit.]
The more things a man is ashamed of, the more respectable he is.
Shame and guilt are noble emotions essential in the maintenance of civilized society, and vital for the development of some of the most refined and elegant qualities of human potential.
If a man fools me once, shame on him. If he fools me twice, shame on me.
The Liner she's a lady, an' she never looks nor 'eeds-- The Man-o'-War's 'er 'usband an' 'e gives 'er all she needs; But, oh, the little cargo-boats, that sail the wet seas roun', They're just the same as you an' me, a'-plyin' up an' down.
And fast through the midnight dark and drear, Through the whistling sleet and snow, Like a sheeted ghost, the vessel swept Towards the reef of Norman's Woe.
Each man makes his own shipwreck. [Lat., Naufragium sibi quisque facit.]
A cobbler, . . . produced several new grins of his own invention, having been used to cut faces for many years together over his last.
To one commending an orator for his skill in amplifying petty matters, Agesilaus said: "I do not think that shoemaker a good workman that makes a great shoe for a little foot."
I was not made of common calf, Nor ever meant for country loon; If with an axe I seem cut out, The workman was no cobbling clown; A good jack boot with double sole he made, To roam the woods, or through the rivers wade.
One said he wondered that leather was not dearer than any other thing. Being demanded a reason: because, saith he, it is more stood upon than any other thing in the world. - William Hazlitt,
When we see a man with bad shoes, we say it is no wonder, if he is a shoemaker. [Fr., Quand nous veoyons un homme mal chausse, nous disons que ce n'est pas merveille, s'il est chausstier.]
Many a man is praised for his reserve and so-called shyness when he is simply too proud to risk making a fool of himself.
But when ill indeed, E'en dismissing the doctor don't always succeed. - George Colman ("The Younger"),
For sight is woman-like and shuns the old. (Ah! he can see enough, when years are told, Who backwards looks.)
For any man with half an eye, What stands before him may espy; But optics sharp it needs I ween, To see what is not to be seen.
The silente man still suffers wrong.
When they hold their tongues they cry out. [Lat., Cum tacent clamant.]
The ideal man is his own best friend and takes delight in privacy.
In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity.
Since the general civilization of mankind, I believe there are more instances of the abridgment of the freedom of the people by gradual and silent encroachments of those in power than by violent and sudden usurpations.
Because in the school of the Spirit man learns wisdom through humility, knowledge by forgetting, how to speak by silence, how to live by dying.
Blessed is the man who, having nothing to say, abstains from giving wordy evidence of the fact.
Well-timed silence is the most commanding expression.
A truly great man never puts away the simplicity of a child.
