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Men Quotes by Phyllis McGinley
- Of course we women gossip on occasion. But our appetite for it is not as avid as a man s. It is in the boys…
- Getting along with men isn't what's truly important. The vital knowledge is how to get along with one man.
- Men can't be trusted with pruning shears any more than they can be trusted with the grocery money in a delicatessen . . . They…
- Who could deny that privacy is a jewel? It has always been the mark of privilege, the distinguishing feature of a truly urbane culture. Out…
- The mass of men live lives of quiet exasperation.
- Women are not men's equals in anything except responsibility. We are not their inferiors, either, or even their superiors. We are quite simply different races.
- Sometimes I have a notion that what might improve the situation is to have women take over the occupations of government and trade and to…
- Women are the fulfilled sex. Through our children we are able to produce our own immortality, so we lack that divine restlessness which sends men…
- Marriage was all a woman's idea and for man's acceptance of the pretty yoke, it becomes us to be grateful.
- The thing to remember about fathers is, they're men. A girl has to keep it in mind: They are dragon seekers, bent on improbable rescues.…
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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