Woman is the lesser man.

Woman is the lesser man, and all thy passions, match'd with mine, Are as moonlight unto sunlight, and as water unto wine.

— Alfred Lord Tennyson

“A lesser man would count his blessings and move on, while a greater man would take action against his enemies. It seemed he was…

— Mitchell Hogan

Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.

— Mark Twain

“A lesser man might have begrudged him that, but remembering the old adage, "The finder’s goods shall he retain / Nor mind the loser’s…

— Vinnie Tesla

The noble person uses things; the lesser man is used by things.

— Xunzi

What in Mandela was seen as an almost saintly ability to conciliate could, in a lesser man, be read as weak-kneed populism.

— Mark Gevisser

“Laws control the lesser man. Right conduct controls the greater.”

— Mark Twain

“Sir Magnus himself did not talk much, save intermittently to express some general opinion, which, when during a comparative silence his words were wafted…

— Anthony Powell

To be the better or the lesser man is not a matter of the circumstance one finds oneself, but a product of the culmination…

— Tia Nnebo

“The amount of organization and toiletry-lugging he has to do to get secretly high in front of a subterranean outtake vent in the pre-supper…

— David Wallace

Are you a minor character in my tale, or am I a lesser figure in yours?

— Jacqueline Carey

I get better roles in television. I'm not going to do a lesser role just to be in a feature film.

— Jaclyn Smith

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil.

— George Orwell

Never hesitate to ask a lesser person.

— Confucius

Writing that flirts with incoherence can just as readily flounder as writing characterized by simplicity and composure. There is no reliable formula for originality,…

— Joanna Scott