Art of war Quote by Niccolo Machiavelli

Men frequently do good only to give themselves opportunity of doing ill with impunity.

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Men first feel necessity, then look for utility, next attend to comfort, still later amuse themselves with pleasure, thence grow dissolute in luxury, and…

— Giambattista Vico

Men have a singular desire to be good without being good for anything, because, perchance, they think vaguely that so it will be good…

— Henry David Thoreau

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

— Thomas Jefferson

Men have never fully used [their] powers to advance the good in life, because they have waited upon some power external to themselves and…

— John Dewey

Men cannot expect to do ill and fare well, but to find that done to them which they did to others.

— Matthew Henry

And truly it is a very natural and ordinary thing to desire to acquire, and always, when men do it who can, they will…

— Niccolo Machiavelli

When, in the present world, men behave well, that is no doubt sometimes because they are creatures of habit as well as, sometimes, because…

— Joseph Wood Krutch

Men seldom act from a correct sense of what may be harmful or useful to them.

— Giacomo Leopardi

It is not because men's desires are strong that they act ill; it is because their consciences are weak.

— John Stuart Mill

Some men […] choose to seek greatness, while others are forced to it. It is always better to choose than to be forced. A…

— Robert Jordan

All men are good when free from passion, interest, or error.

— Eugenio Maria de Hostos