Another man Quote by Mark Twain

Few of us can stand prosperity. Another man's, I mean.

— Mark Twain

Adversity is sometimes hard upon a man; but for one man who can stand prosperity, there are a hundred that will stand adversity.

— Elvis Presley

“If you want to find out what a man is to the bottom, give him power. Any man can stand adversity — only a…

— Robert Ingersoll

“Some vices delight them as being proofs of their prosperity; it seems the part of a man who is very lowly and despicable to…

— Seneca

“Give a man of prosperity the lack in which a man of poverty has and he will turn it into prosperity. Give a man…

— Tiffany Buckner-Kameni

For in prosperity a man is often puffed up with pride, whereas tribulations chasten and humble him through suffering and sorrow. In the midst…

— King Alfred

Fate often puts all the material for happiness and prosperity into a man's hands just to see how miserable he can make himself with…

— Don Marquis

“Down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid. The detective must be a…

— Raymond Chandler

“down these mean streets a man must go who is not himself mean, who is neither tarnished nor afraid. He is the hero; he…

— Raymond Chandler

There has never been a man mean and at the same time virtuous.

— Confucius

My baby she's a long and lean, you mess with her you see a man get mean.

— Stevie Ray Vaughan

“For if God Himself became man, this man, what else can this mean but that He declared himself guilty of the contradiction against Himself”

— Karl Barth