Men Quote by Martial

The man whom no one pleases is much more unhappy than the man who pleases no one.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Is demum miser est, cuius nobilitas miserias nobilitat. Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.

— Publius Attius Varus

O wretched man, wretched not just because of what you are, but also because you do not know how wretched you are!

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.

— Lucius Accius

Oall the creatures that creep and breathe on earth, there is none more wretched than man.

— Homer

“A wretched woman is more unfortunate than a wretched man, because she is an instrument of pleasure.”

— Victor Hugo

Man, wretched man, whene'er he stoops to sin, Feels, with the act, a strong remorse within.

— Juvenal

O foolish anxiety of wretched man, how inconclusive are the arguments which make thee beat thy wings below!

— Dante Alighieri

A wretched woman is more unfortunate than a wretched man.

— Victor Hugo

“If a wretched man has a vice, it shows itself in the lines of his mouth, the droop of his eyelids, the moulding of…

— Oscar Wilde

The cat, it is well to remember, remains the friend of man because it pleases him to do so and not because he must.

— Carl Van Vechten

No man pleases by silence; many I please by speaking briefly.

— Ausonius