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Man Quotes by Germaine Greer
- Every time a man unburdens his heart to a stranger he reaffirms the love that unites humanity.
- Man made one grave mistake: in answer to vaguely reformist and humanitarian agitation he admitted women to politics and the professions. The conservatives who saw…
- Every time a woman makes herself laugh at her husband's often-told jokes she betrays him. The man who looks at his woman and says 'What…
- The tragedy of machismo is that a man is never quite man enough.
- Rather than seek to be squired and dated by their rivals why should it not be possible for women to find relaxation and pleasure in…
- The high-heeled shoe is a marvellously contradictory item; it brings a woman to a man's height but makes sure she cannot keep up with him.
- All societies on the verge of death are masculine. A society can survive with only one man; no society will survive a shortage of women.
- Man is jealous because of his amour propre; woman is jealous because of her lack of it.
- Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release.
- It's absolutely philistine not to recognize what a great book 'An American Dream' is. Norman Mailer is his own worst enemy, and if you don't…
- The principle of the brotherhood of man is narcissistic... for the grounds for that love have always been the assumption that we ought to realize…
- Status ought not to be measured by a woman's ability to attract and snare a man.
More Man Quotes
- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- Hope is the dream of a waking man. — Aristotle
- Man is by nature a political animal. — Aristotle
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle