Dine Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

A man is known by the books he reads, by the company he keeps, by the praise he gives, by his dress, by his…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

Rare almost as great poets, rarer, perhaps, than veritable saints and martyrs; are consummate men of business. A man, to be excellent in this…

— Arthur Helps

“I have only to contemplate myself; man comes from nothing, passes through time, and disappears forever in the bosom of God. He is seen…

— Alexis de Tocqueville

I am very sure that any man of common understanding may, by culture, care, attention, and labor, make himself what- ever he pleases, except…

— Anonymous

“But the expression of a well-made man appears not only in his face; It is in his limbs and joints also, it is curiously…

— Diana Gabaldon

Without earnestness no man is ever great, or does really great things. He may be the cleverest of men; he may be brilliant, entertaining,…

— Peter Bayne

“He knew full well, from his Spencer, that man can never attain ultimate knowledge of anything, and that the mystery of beauty was no…

— Jack London

A man who has schemed for some time can no longer do without it; all other ways of living are to him dull and…

— Jean de la Bruyere

“He that will not set himself proudly at the top of all things, but will consider the immensity of this fabric, and the great…

— John Locke

“He had built up within himself a kind of sanctuary in which she throned among his secret thoughts and longings. Little by little it…

— Edith Wharton

“He completely lacked any ardent interest that might have occupied his mind. His interior life was impoverished, had undergone a deterioration so severe that…

— Thomas Mann

How very seldom do you encounter in the world a man of great abilities, acquirements, experience, who will unmask his mind, unbutton his brains,…

— Benjamin Disraeli