Affection Quote by Anonymous

The demands that a great man makes are on himself; those of a petty man are upon others.

— Confucius

He who indulges his sense in any excesses renders himself obnoxious to his own reason; and, to gratify the brute in him, displeases the…

— Walter Scott

Man (in good earnest) is a marvellous vain, fickle, and unstable subject, and on whom it is very hard to form any certain and…

— Michel de Montaigne

A man who is half an idiot, but who keeps a sharp lookout and acts prudently all his life, often enjoys the pleasure of…

— Stendhal

“Man is naturally humble, naturally grateful, naturally guilty, naturally transcended, naturally a sufferer; he is small, pitiful, weak, a passive taker who tucks himself…

— Ernest Becker

A man who lies to himself, and believes his own lies becomes unable to recognize truth, either in himself or in anyone else, and…

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

Many a one commits a reprehensible action, who is at bottom an honourable man, because man seldom acts upon natural impulse, but from some…

— Napoleon Bonaparte

A man who, ever covetous, displays the flag of virtue, ,who is a hypocrite, a deceiver of the people, intent on doing injury, ,and…

— Guru Nanak

“down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid. He is the hero; he…

— Raymond Chandler

Man's desire for the approval of his fellows is so strong, his dread of their censure so violent, that he himself has brought his…

— W. Somerset Maugham

But the man who is not afraid to admit everything that he sees to be wrong with himself, and yet recognizes that he may…

— Thomas Merton

Before man can be free, and equal, and truly wise, he must cast aside the chains of habit and superstition; he must strip sensuality…

— Percy Bysshe Shelley