Men Quotes - Page 798

A man does not know what he is saying until he knows what he is not saying.

Men do not so much hate an evil-doer, or evil itself, as they hate the man who calls evil by its real name.

One man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter

He [man] abuses equally other animals and his own species, the rest of whom live in famine, languish in misery, and work only to satisfy the immoderate appetite and the still more insatiable vanity of this human being who, destroying others by want, destroys himself by excess.

[F]or academic men to be happy, the universe would have to take shape. All of philosophy has no other goal: it is a matter of giving a frock coat to what is, a mathematical frock coat. On the other hand, affirming that the universe resembles nothing and is only formless amounts to saying that the universe is something like a spider or spit.

The fall of man is written in too legible characters not to be understood: Those that deny it, by their denying, prove it.

To point out the importance of circumspection in your conduct, it may be proper to observe that a good moral character is the first essential in a man, and that the habits contracted at your age are generally indelible, and your conduct here may stamp your character through life. It is therefore highly important that you should endeavor not only to be learned but virtuous.

The spirit of encroachment tends to consolidate the powers of all the departments in one, and thus to create whatever the form of government, a real despotism. A just estimate of that love of power, and proneness to abuse it, which predominates in the human heart is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position.

Precedents are dangerous things; let the reins of government then be braced and held with a steady hand, and every violation of the Constitution be reprehended: If defective let it be amended, but not suffered to be trampled upon whilst it has an existence.

Let me ask you, sir, when is the time for brave men to exert themselves in the cause of liberty and their country, if this is not?

Man's life is but a jest, A dream, a shadow, bubble, air, a vapor at the best.

When a long-term trend loses it’s momentum, short-term volatility tends to rise. It is easy to see why that should be so: the trend-following crowd is disoriented.

Men become superstitious, not because they have too much imagination, but because they are not aware that they have any.

A man is morally free when, in full possession of his living humanity, he judges the world, and judges other men, with uncompromising sincerity.

The earth has music for those who listen.

A man is not measured by how much he can take and stand but by how fast he regains once fallen.

Let us not mourn that such men died, but rejoice that such men lived.

I learned in business that you had to be very careful when you told somebody that's working for you to do something, because the chances were very high he'd do it. In government, you don't have to worry about that.

Man is the only creature that consumes without producing

In all our associations; in all our agreements let us never lose sight of this fundamental maxim - that all power was originally lodged in, and consequently is derived from, the people.

Many a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to the gate of the kingdom.

Not only then has each man his individual relation to God, but each man has his peculiar relation to God.

It may be an infinitely less evil to murder a man than to refuse to forgive him. The former may be the act of a moment of passion: the latter is the heart’s choice.

Very few men imprisoned for economic crimes or even crimes of passion against the oppressor feel that they are really guilty.

The longer our graduation lines are today, the shorter our unemployment lines will be tomorrow.