Man Cannot Quotes

253 quotes by 185 authors

A cultivated and decent man cannot be vain without setting a fearfully high standard for himself, and without despising and almost hating himself at certain… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer — Otto von Bismarck
I'll not meddle with it. It makes a man a coward: a man cannot steal but it accuseth him; a man cannot swear but it… — William Shakespeare
Much has been said about Robert, and more will be added. Young men will adopt his gait. Young girls will wear white dresses and mourn… — Patti Smith
The sun hides not the ocean, which is the dark side of this earth, and which is two thirds of this earth. So, therefore, that… — Herman Melville
A man cannot deserve adventures; he cannot earn dragons and hippogriffs. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
A strong man cannot help a weaker unless the weaker is willing to be helped, and even then the weak man must become strong of… — James Allen
A drowning man cannot be saved until he is utterly exhausted and ceases to make the slightest effort to save himself. — Watchman Nee
The Three Armies can be deprived of their commanding officer, but even a common man cannot be deprived of his purpose. — Confucius
A mystery, in Christian theology, is what God knows and man cannot, and must instead believe. — Jill Lepore
If a situation requires sudden thought and action, the blood is promptly driven to the head. If a heavy meal is to be digested, the… — Max Heindel
Man cannot be uplifted; he must be seduced into virtue. — Don Marquis
A man cannot be made comfortable without his own approval. — Barbara Walters
To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt. — Elizabeth Cady Stanton
Short of genius a rich man cannot even imagine poverty. — Charles Peguy
A rich man cannot enjoy a sound mind nor a sound body without exercise and abstinence; and yet these are truly the worst ingredients of… — Henry Home
Man cannot degrade woman without himself falling into degradation; he cannot elevate her without at the same time elevating himself. — Alexander Walker
We hold that what one man cannot morally do, a million men cannot morally do, and government, representing many millions of men, cannot do. — Auberon Herbert
Many a time a man cannot be such as he would be, if circumstances do not admit of it. — Jean Racine
Man cannot live by bread alone; he must have peanut butter. — James A. Garfield

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