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Men Quotes by David Gemmell
- Yours is a race whose imagination is limited to its own small appetites. Greed, lust, envy - these are the motivating forces of humankind. What…
- One day the enemy will cross the Great Green. They will bring war and tragedy to these eastern lands. Such is the nature of vile…
- An enemy is like a man's most prized flower. It brings him joy to see it buried in the ground.
- Warriors fear surrender. They are proud and defiant. They will fight to the death for what they believe in. They will struggle to conquer. Love…
- Man is capable of greatness, love, nobility, compassion. Yet never forget that his capacity for evil is infinite. It is a sad truth, boy, that…
- I have discovered in my long life that there are many words and phrases which have more power than any spell of magick. The most…
- Never violate a woman, nor harm a child. Do not lie, cheat or steal. These things are for lesser men. Protect the weak against the…
- Why now? Why not? Live or die, a man and a woman need love. There is a need in the race. We need to share.…
- There is a darkness in you. In all of us, probably. Beasts we keep chained. Ordinary men have to keep the chains strong, for if…
- I was a man before I was a king, and no true man walks away when a friend needs him.
- The truth. Men will blind themselves with hot irons, rather than face it.
- Men don't change. They just learn to disguise the lack of change.
- There is evil in all of us, and it is the mark of a man how he defies the evil within.
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- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of… — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- Democracy is when the indigent, and not the men of property, are the rulers. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
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