Men Quote by Otto von Bismarck Download Open image “Vanity is a mortgage that must be deducted from the value of a man.” — Otto von Bismarck ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.0 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Men Mortgage Values Vanity
Vanity is the natural weakness of an ambitious man, which exposes him to the secret scorn and derision of those he converses with, and… — Joseph Addison Copy Share Image
Vanity is a vital aid to nature: completely and absolutely necessary to life. It is one of nature's ways to bind you to the… — Elizabeth Smart Copy Share Image
Vanity is not half a bad principle, if it will but stick to legitimate business. — Thomas Chandler Haliburton Copy Share Image
Vanity does not refer to the opinion a man entertains of himself, but to that which he wishes others to entertain of him. — William Hazlitt Copy Share Image
Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man. — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
Vanity is apt to inspire contempt, but that becomes immediately tempered by a gentler and more gracious feeling; for the vain man desires to… — Arthur Alfred Lynch Copy Share Image
It is curious how vanity helps the successful man and wrecks the failure. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
Vanity is a desire of personal glory, the wish to be appreciated, honoured, and run after, not because of one's personal qualities, merits, and… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
One can put some trust in the gratitude of a sovereign, and also in that of his family; under certain conditions, one can even… — Otto von Bismarck Copy Share Image
Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others. — Otto von Bismarck Copy Share Image
Earthly majesty is always akin to the fallen angel, who is proud and unhappy, beautiful but troubled, and whose plans and efforts, though vast,… — Otto von Bismarck Copy Share Image
“The Balkans aren't worth the life of a single Pomeranian grenadier.” — Otto von Bismarck Copy Share Image
Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied. — Otto von Bismarck Copy Share Image
The government should cultivate the view also among the propertyless classes of the population, those who are the most numerous and the least educated,… — Otto von Bismarck Copy Share Image
Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness. — Otto von Bismarck Copy Share Image
When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice. — Otto von Bismarck Copy Share Image
Fools you are who say you like to learn from your mistakes. I prefer to learn from the mistakes of others, and avoid the… — Otto von Bismarck Copy Share Image
“Verfallen wir nicht in den Fehler, bei jedem Andersmeinenden entweder an seinem Verständnis oder an seinem guten Willen zu zweifeln.” — Otto von Bismarck Copy Share Image
When I passed the Chancellor he arose, waved his hand at me, and I waved back at him. I think the writers showed bad… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
Life works most perfectly when a reciprocal love relationship is in place between man and God. — Beth Moore Copy Share Image
We do not want nowadays temples of worship and outward rites and ceremonies. What we really want is an Asram. We want a place… — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
Before Noah, men having only water to drink, could not find the truth. Accordingly...they became abominably wicked, and they were justly exterminated by the… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Most celebrated men live in a condition of prostitution. — Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve Copy Share Image
I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture. MARTIN LUTHER, letter to Chancellor Gregory Brück, January 13,… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
Hats off to starting a franchise younger than we all did in 'Twilight' and keeping your cool. The 'Harry Potter' men and women had,… — Kellan Lutz Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
The prophet who fails to present a bearable alternative and yet preaches doom is part of the trap that he postulates. Not only does… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
That country [Carthage] was rapidly sinking into the state of barbarism from whence it had been raised by the Phoenician colonies and Roman laws;… — Edward Gibbon Copy Share Image