Accomplish Quote by Henry David Thoreau

Men are eager to tread underfoot what they have once too much feared.

— Lucretius

When ambitious men find an open passage, they are rather busy than dangerous; and if well watched in their proceedings, they will catch them…

— Francis Quarles

Men dissimulate their dearest, most constant, and most virtuous inclination from weakness and a fear of being condemned.

— Luc de Clapiers

Men seek rest in a struggle against difficulties; and when they have conquered these, rest becomes insufferable.

— Blaise Pascal

Anguish of suspense made men even desire the arrival of enemies.

— Guy de Maupassant

Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and minimized their…

— Livy

Men rise from one ambition to another: first, they seek to secure themselves against attack, and then they attack others.

— Niccolo Machiavelli

When such men, who are beyond hope and fear, begin in their dim minds to see the source their woes, it may be an…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

The less men are fettered by tradition, the greater becomes the inward activity of their motives, and greater again in proportion to their outer…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Men have gained control over the forces of nature to such an extent that with their help they would have no difficulty exterminating one…

— Sigmund Freud

Men are in a restless pursuit after satisfaction and earthly things. They have no forethought for their eternal state, the present hour absorbs them.…

— Charles Spurgeon

Men are subject to powerful passions and appetites, and, if unrestrained, are capable of ruthlessly riding roughshod over their neighbors and the community at…

— William Barr