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Men Quotes by Ovid
- Nowadays nothing but money counts: a fortune brings honors, friendships, the poor man everywhere lies low.
- Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion.
- Alcohol is necessary for a man so that he can have a good opinion of himself, undisturbed be the facts. Finley Peter Dunne There is…
- Neglect of appearance becomes men.
- A man is sorry to be honest for nothing.
- Happy the man who can count his sufferings.
- Thy destiny is only that of man, but thy aspirations may be those of a god.
- Nothing retains its form; new shapes from old. Nature, the great inventor, ceaselessly contrives. In all creation, be assured, there is no death - no…
- Adde, quod ingénues didicisse fideliter artes Emollit mores, nec sinit esse fervos. To be instructed in the arts, softens the manners and makes men gentle.
- Envy feeds on the living, after death it rests, then the honor of a man protects him.
- What makes men indifferent to their wives is that they can see them when they please.
- When all the other animals, downcast looked upon the earth, he [Prometheus] gave a face raised on high to man, and commanded him to see…
- It is the mind that makes the man, and our vigour is in our immortal soul.
- Daring is not safe against daring men.
- How little is the promise of the child fulfilled in the man.
- Let me tell you I am better acquainted with you for a long absence, as men are with themselves for a long affliction: absence does…
- Man looks aloft, and with erected eyes Beholds his hereditary skies.
- The high-spirited man may indeed die, but he will not stoop to meanness. Fire, though it may be quenched, will not become cool.
- Everyone wishes that the man whom he fears would perish.
- All other creatures look down toward the earth, but man was given a face so that might turn his eyes toward the stars and his…
- Presents, believe me, seduce both men and gods.
- Men should not care too much for good looks; neglect is becoming.
- God gave man an upright countenance to survey the heavens, and to look upward to the stars.
- It is the poor man who'll ever count his flock.
- According to the state of a man's conscience, so do hope and fear on account of his deeds arise in his mind.
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- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
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- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
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- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
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