Few Men Quotes

129 Few Men quotes by 109 unique authors

Few men survey themselves with so much severity as not to admit prejudices in their own favor. — Samuel Johnson
The Great Depression in the United States, far from being a sign of the inherent instability of the private enterprise system, is a testament to… — Milton Friedman
The prospect Smiler was a manic farmer. Few men I think can have been as unfortunate as he; for on the one hand he was… — Laurie Lee
Very few men are fortunate enough to gain distinction during their first term in Congress. — John George Nicolay
The limitations that we can see of the sexual description of reality are very apparent. Very few men attain enlightenment, even fewer women. — Frederick Lenz
Masonry is too great an institution to have been made in a day, much less by a few men, but was a slow evolution through… — Joseph Fort Newton
Few men survey themselves with so much severity as not to admit prejudices in their own favour, which an artful flatterer may gradually strengthen, till… — Samuel Johnson
Churchill was one of the few men I have met who even in the flesh give me the impression of genius. George Bernard Shaw is… — David Low
Few men make themselves masters of the things they write or speak. — John Selden
All men will be Peters in their bragging tongue, and most men will be Peters in their base denial; but few men will be Peters… — Owen Feltham
The word 'survivor' carries a weight of remembrance that has broken the minds and bodies of more than a few men and women. It also… — Aberjhani
Read about a few men who wear (or wore) bow ties as an act of defiance, and check out a tie that makes a strong… — Matt Smith
In the long run wives are to be paid in a peculiar coin — consideration for their feelings. As it usually turns out this is… — Elizabeth Hardwick
So few men are really worth knowing, that it seems a shameful waste to let an anthropoid prejudice stand in the way of free association… — H. L. Mencken
Few men are wantonly wicked. — Mahatma Gandhi
Some men seem remarkable to the world in whom neither their wives nor their valets saw anything extraordinary. Few men have been admired by their… — Michel de Montaigne
Slavery holds few men fast; the greater number hold fast their slavery. — Seneca the Younger
Few men are of one plain, decided color; most are mixed, shaded, and blended; and vary as much, from different situations, as changeable silks do… — Lord Chesterfield
Few men can afford to be angry. — Augustine Birrell
There are few men who know how to go to their deaths with dignity, and often they are not those whom one would expect. — Primo Levi
The longer you live and the more you learn, the more clearly you will feel the difference between the few men who are truly great… — Gustav Mahler
Few men can be said to have inimitable excellencies: let us watch them in their progress from infancy to manhood, and we shall soon be… — Adam Clarke
In few men is it part of nature to respect a friend's prosperity without begrudging him. — Aeschylus
There are very few men and women in whom a Universalist feeling is altogether lacking; its prevalence suggests that it must be part of our… — Arthur Keith
Few men in their 70s looked as good as my father did. What was his secret? Genes, maybe, since he didn't exercise or diet, and… — Jennifer Grant

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