Earnest Quote by Christian Nestell Bovee

It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.

— Thucydides

Nothing astonishes men so much as common sense and plain dealing.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Where men of fine feeling are concerned there is seldom misunderstanding.

— John Paul Jones

It is difficulties that show what men are.

— Epictetus

The lives of great men are like legends-difficult but beautiful.

— Janusz Korczak

The fate of all extremes is such: men may be read, as well as books, too much.

— Alexander Pope Q

Men are suspicious; prone to discontent: Subjects still loathe the present Government.

— Robert Herrick

Among the good and decent men, some are unprepared for the surprises of life, and their good intentions run aground when confronted with issues…

— Martha Nussbaum

Men are daft around women, incautious and boastful.

— Kristin Cashore

The men of sense, the idols of the shallow, are very inferior to the men of passions. It is the strong passions which, rescuing…

— Claude Adrien Helvetius

“But there are men for whom the unattainable has a special attraction. Usually they are not experts: their ambitions and fantasies are strong enough…

— Walt Unsworth

Great men should think of opportunity and not of time. That is the excuse of feeble and puzzled spirits.

— Benjamin Disraeli