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Men Quotes by T.H. White
- Yes, that is the equality of man. Slaughter anybody who is better than you are, and then we shall be equal soon enough. All equally…
- Believe me, the so-called primitive races who worshipped animals as gods were not so daft as people choose to pretend. At least they were humble.…
- We find that at present the human race is divided politically into one wise man, nine knaves, and ninety fools out of every hundred. That…
- The destiny of man is to unite, not to divide.
- It is a pity that there are no big creatures to prey on humanity. If there were enough dragons and rocs, perhaps mankind would turn…
- I can imagine nothing more terrifying than an Eternity filled with men who were all the same. The only thing which has made life bearable…has…
- If it takes a million years for a fish to become a reptile, has Man, in our few hundred, altered out of recognition?
- War is like a fire. One man may start it, but it will spread all over. It is not about one thing in particular.
- There is one fairly good reason for fighting - and that is, if the other man starts it. You see, wars are a great wickedness,…
- The Destiny of Man is to unite, not to divide. If you keep on dividing you end up as a collection of monkeys throwing nuts…
- Mordred and Agravaine thought Arthur hypocritical—as all decent men must be, if you assume that decency can’t exist.
- The fate of this man or that man was less than a drop, although it was a sparkling one, in the great blue motion of…
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