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Men Quotes by Teresa of Avila
- How friendly all men would be one with another, if no regard were paid to honour and money! I believe it would be a remedy…
- If Christ Jesus dwells in a man as his friend and noble leader, that man can endure all things, for Christ helps and strengthens us…
- Those who give themselves to prayer should in a special manner have always a devotion to St. Joseph; for I know not how any man…
- In a state of grace, the soul is like a well of limpid water, from which flow only streams of clearest crystal. Its works are…
- My father was a man of great charity towards the poor, and compassion for the sick, and also for servants; so much so, that he…
- Seldom or never is a poor man honored by the world; however worthy of honor he may be, he is apt rather to be despised…
- I felt a great dislike to journeys, especially when they were long. But once I had started, I thought nothing of them, thinking of Him…
- All the troubles of the Church, all the evils in the world, flow from this source: that men do not by clear and sound knowledge…
- I once heard a spiritual man say that he was not so much astonished at the things done by a soul in mortal sin as…
- How is it that we do not die of love in seeing that God Himself could do no more than shed His divine blood for…
- The soul of the just man is but a paradise, in which, God tells us, He takes His delight. What do you imagine, must that…
- Untilled soil, however fertile it may be, will bear thistles and thorns; so it is with man's mind.
- Untilled ground, however rich, will bring forth thistles and thorns; so also the mind of man.
More Men Quotes
- 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