Few Men Quotes
129 quotes by 109 authors
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Anarchism is founded on the observation that since few men are wise enough to rule themselves, even fewer are wise enough to rule others.
— Edward Abbey
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Frontiersmen good and bad, gunmen as well as inspired prophets of the future, have been my camp companions. Thus, I know the country of which…
— Buffalo Bill
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It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
— Aeschylus
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A zeal for the defence of their country led these heroes to the scene of action, though with a few men to attack a powerful…
— Daniel Boone
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Some men never feel small, but these are the few men who are.
— Gilbert K. Chesterton
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Few men think, yet all will have opinions.
— George Berkeley
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I never could believe that Providence had sent a few men into the world, ready booted and spurred to ride, and millions ready saddled and…
— Richard Rumbold
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As ridiculous to approve of property and let a few men have a grossly unfair share of it, as say you are all for marriage,…
— Katharine Whitehorn
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No proceeding is better than that which you have concealed from the enemy until the time you have executed it. To know how to recognize…
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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Few men are brave by nature, but good discipline and experience make many so.
— Niccolo Machiavelli
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In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.
— Charles Caleb Colton
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The deep waters of time will flow over us: only a few men of genius will lift a head above the surface, and though doomed…
— Seneca the Younger
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Every man may speak truly, but to speak methodically, prudently, and fully is a talent that few men have.
— Michel de Montaigne
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Few men are killed by the bayonet, many are scared by it. Bayonets should be fixed when the fire fight starts
— George S. Patton
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The history of the world is the history of a few men who had faith in themselves
— Swami Vivekananda
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A leader is one who, out of madness or goodness, volunteers to take upon himself the woe of the people. There are few men so…
— John Updike
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The power to determine the quantity of money... is too important, too pervasive, to be exercised by a few people, however public-spirited, if there is…
— Milton Friedman
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The control of a large force is the same principle as the control of a few men: it is merely a question of dividing up…
— Sun Tzu
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Actually, there is a sense in which polygynous marriage has not been the historical norm - even where polygyny is permitted, multiple wives are generally…
— Robert Wright
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This is a very fundamental reason why man cannot become meditative - or why very few men have dared to become meditative. Our training is…
— Rajneesh
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