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Men Quotes by P.J. O'Rourke
- Neither conservatives nor humorists believe man is good. But left-wingers do.
- Man developed in Africa. He has not continued to do so there.
- Women are successful in the business world because the business world was created by men. Men are babies. And women areGood With Kids.
- Wealth is, for most people, the only honest and likely path to liberty. With money comes power over the world. Men are freed from drudgery,…
- When I became a man, I put away childish things and got more elaborate and expensive childish things from France and Japan.
- In the past a man was expected to give his seat on a bus to a woman. Today it would be much more courteous for…
- Rich white Protestant men have held on to some measure of power in America almost solely by getting women, blacks, and other disadvantaged groups to…
- .......the poor of the world cannot be made rich by redistribution of wealth. Poverty can't be eliminated by punishing people who've escaped poverty, taking their…
- Feminism is the result of a few ignorant and literal-minded women letting the cat out of the bag about which is the superior sex. Once…
- There is one thing women can never take away from men. We die sooner.
- There's a certain kind of behavior in the Arab world that, to me, resembles the way young men behave when there is no significant influence…
- There is a remarkable breakdown of taste and intelligence at Christmastime. Mature, responsible grown men wear neckties made of holly leaves and drink alcoholic beverages…
- The wise traveler [to Beirut] will pack shirts or blouses with ample breast pockets. Reaching inside a jacket for your passport looks too much like…
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- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. — Hannah Arendt
- The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are… — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- 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