Men Quotes

Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.

Employ your time in improving yourself by other men's writings, so that you shall gain easily what others have labored hard for.

All men's souls are immortal, but the souls of the righteous are immortal and divine.

When I was 17, my father was so stupid, I didn't want to be seen with him in public. When I was 24, I was amazed at how much the old man had learned in just 7 years.

A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.

Power does not corrupt men; fools, however, if they get into a position of power, corrupt power.

A mathematician is a blind man in a dark room looking for a black cat which isn't there.

The more one thinks, the more one feels the hopeless immensity of man's ignorance

Low class men desire wealth;middle class men both wealth and respect; but the noble, honour only; hence honour is the noble man's true wealth.

A man is great by deeds, not by birth.