--- title: "11 Men Gentle Quotes by 10 authors" description: "Browse 11 Men Gentle quotes by 10 authors. Discover the best Men Gentle sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f48/menander-10993_culture_culture-makes-all-men-gentle-1976599_1976599.jpg" --- > [Culture makes all men gentle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/menander/culture-makes-all-men-gentle/) [Menander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/menander/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f48/menander-10993_culture_culture-makes-all-men-gentle-1976599_1976599.jpg) > [There are men too gentle to live among wolves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-kavanaugh/there-are-men-too-gentle-to-live-among-wolves/) [James Kavanaugh](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-kavanaugh/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44a/james-kavanaugh-28051_gentle_there-are-men-too-gentle-to-live-among-w_466542.png) > [Oh, child, men's men: gentle or simple, they're much of a muchness...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/oh-child-men-s-men-gentle-or-simple-they-re-much-of-a-muchness/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b6/george-eliot-84_children_oh-child-men-s-men-gentle-or-simple-they_3157129.png) > [Men are gentle, honest and straightforward. Women are convoluted, deceptive and dangerous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/erin-pizzey/men-are-gentle-honest-and-straightforward-women-are-convoluted/) [Erin Pizzey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/erin-pizzey/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/356/erin-pizzey-86874_being-straightforwar_men-are-gentle-honest-and-straightforwar_2480377.png) > [ He \[Ernest Hemingway\] is gentle, as all real men are gentle; without tenderness, a man is uninteresting. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marlene-dietrich/he-ernest-hemingway-is-gentle-as-all-real-men-are-gentle-without/) [Marlene Dietrich](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marlene-dietrich/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/988/marlene-dietrich-4460_gentle_he-ernest-hemingway-is-gentle-as-all-rea_1241274.jpg) > [ The swallow is not ensnared by men because of its gentle nature. \[Lat., At caret insidiis hominum, quia mitis, hirundo.\] ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/the-swallow-is-not-ensnared-by-men-because-of-its-gentle-nature-lat/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/086/ovid-276_gentle_the-swallow-is-not-ensnared-by-men-becau_896518.png) > [There is rough work to be done, and rough men must do it; there is gentle work to be done, and gentlemen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-ruskin/there-is-rough-work-to-be-done-and-rough-men-must-do-it-there-is/) [John Ruskin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-ruskin/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46a/john-ruskin-314_done_there-is-rough-work-to-be-done-and-rough_803224.jpg) > [Adde, quod ingénues didicisse fideliter artes Emollit mores, nec sinit esse fervos. To be instructed in the arts, softens the manners and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ovid/adde-quod-ing-nues-didicisse-fideliter-artes-emollit-mores-nec-sinit/) [Ovid](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ovid/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8d4/ovid-276_art_adde-quod-ing-nues-didicisse-fideliter-a_367041.png) > [Blessed are the happiness-makers! Blessed are they that take away attritions, that remove friction, that make the courses of life smooth, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-ward-beecher/blessed-are-the-happiness-makers-blessed-are-they-that-take-away/) [Henry Ward Beecher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-ward-beecher/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f52/henry-ward-beecher-175_attrition_blessed-are-the-happiness-makers-blessed_1286212.png) > [As fits the holy Christmas birth, Be this, good friends, our carol still Be peace on earth, be peace on earth, To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-makepeace-thackeray/as-fits-the-holy-christmas-birth-be-this-good-friends-our-carol-still/) [William Makepeace Thackeray](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-makepeace-thackeray/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e6/william-makepeace-thackeray-74_birth_as-fits-the-holy-christmas-birth-be-this_1403000.jpg) > [“Men are not gentle and graceful beings solely oriented towards good. They are physical, coarse, contradictory, stretched between desires and temptations. In…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alija-izetbegovic/men-are-not-gentle-and-graceful-beings-solely-oriented-towards-good/) [Alija Izetbegović](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alija-izetbegovic/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d5/alija-izetbegovic-8920_beings_men-are-not-gentle-and-graceful-beings-s_2396397.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/men-gentle/#itemlist", "name": "Men Gentle Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Culture makes all men gentle.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Menander" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/menander/culture-makes-all-men-gentle/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f48/menander-10993_culture_culture-makes-all-men-gentle-1976599_1976599.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f48/menander-10993_culture_culture-makes-all-men-gentle-1976599_1976599.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f48/menander-10993_culture_culture-makes-all-men-gentle-1976599_1976599.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Culture makes all men gentle.” — Menander", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There are men too gentle to live among wolves.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Kavanaugh" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-kavanaugh/there-are-men-too-gentle-to-live-among-wolves/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44a/james-kavanaugh-28051_gentle_there-are-men-too-gentle-to-live-among-w_466542.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44a/james-kavanaugh-28051_gentle_there-are-men-too-gentle-to-live-among-w_466542.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/44a/james-kavanaugh-28051_gentle_there-are-men-too-gentle-to-live-among-w_466542.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“There are men too gentle to live among wolves.” — James Kavanaugh", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Oh, child, men's men: gentle or simple, they're much of a muchness...", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "George Eliot" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/oh-child-men-s-men-gentle-or-simple-they-re-much-of-a-muchness/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b6/george-eliot-84_children_oh-child-men-s-men-gentle-or-simple-they_3157129.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b6/george-eliot-84_children_oh-child-men-s-men-gentle-or-simple-they_3157129.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1b6/george-eliot-84_children_oh-child-men-s-men-gentle-or-simple-they_3157129.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Oh, child, men's men: gentle or simple, they're much of a muchness...” — George Eliot", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Men are gentle, honest and straightforward. 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