"Relieved of moral pretense and stripped of folk……" — Jack Donovan
"Relieved of moral pretense and stripped of folk costumes, the raw masculinity that all men know in their gut has to do with being good at being a man within a small, embattled gang of men struggling to survive."
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15 Quotes by Jack Donovan
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Civilization comes at a cost of manliness. It comes at a cost of wildness, of risk, of strife. It comes…
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Strength, Courage, Mastery, and Honor are the alpha virtues of men all over the world. They are the fundamental virtues…
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When men evaluate each other as men, they still look for the same virtues that they'd need to keep the…
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Men of ideas and men of action have much to learn from each other, and the truly great are men…
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There is a difference between being a good man and being good at being a man.
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When someone tells a man to be a man, they mean that there is a way to be a man.…
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Sometimes men pick fights just for something to do-just to feel something like the threat of harm and the possibility…
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White guilt is more of a sanctioned social convention than a genuine emotional experience. It’s a form of theatrical empathy…
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A man who is more concerned with being a good man than being good at being a man makes a…
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Violence is the gold standard, the reserve that guarantees order. In actuality, it is better than a gold standard, because…
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Gay is a subculture, a slur, a set of gestures, a slang, a look, a posture, a parade, a rainbow…
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A man is not merely a man but a man among men, in a world of men. Being good at…
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A friend to all is a friend to none.
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