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Men Quotes by Margaret Mead
- The city as a center where, any day in any year, there may be a fresh encounter with a new talent, a keen mind or…
- When human beings have been fascinated by the contemplation of their own hearts, the more intricate biological pattern of the female has become a model…
- Man's most human characteristic is not his ability to learn, which he shares with many other species, but his ability to teach and store what…
- Human beings do not carry civilization in their genes. All that we do carry in our genes are certain capacities- the capacity to learn to…
- Men have always been afraid that women could get along without them.
- The important thing about women today is, as they get older, they still keep house. It's one reason why they don't die, but men die…
- The Samoan puts the burden of amatory success upon the man and believes that women need more initiating, more time for maturing of sexual feeling.…
- The institution of marriage in all societies is a pattern within which the strains put by civilization on males and females alike must be resolved,…
- Coming to terms with the rhythms of women's lives means coming to terms with life itself, accepting the imperatives of the body rather than the…
- The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does he…
- Many women, particularly young women, have claimed the right to use the most explicit sex terms, including extremely vulgar ones, in public as well as…
- Chief among our gains must be reckoned this possibility of choice, the recognition of many possible ways of life, where other civilizations have recognized only…
- Every time we liberate a woman, we liberate a man.
- Women want mediocre men, and men are working to be as mediocre as possible.
- Man's role is uncertain, undefined, and perhaps unnecessary.
- It is easier to change a man's religion than to change his diet.
- Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to be as mediocre as possible
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- 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
- 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
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle