Acquire Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

“For many men value appearances more than reality—thus they violate what’s right. Everyone’s prepared to sigh over some suffering man, though no sorrow really…

— Aeschylus

“Men are just men - it is what they do, or refuse to do, that links them to good and evil. The truth is…

— Gregory David Roberts

The flesh is willing to flatter itself, and many who now give themselves every indulgence, promise to themselves an easy entrance into life. THus…

— John Calvin

The morals of men are more governed by their pursuits than by their opinions. A type of virtue is first formed by circumstances, and…

— William Edward Hartpole Lecky

Men who do not contend in earnest can have little warmth and fervor in what they undertake, and are more than half prepared to…

— William Godwin

Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the bitter joy of responsibility.

— Charles de Gaulle

Men are inconsolable concerning the treachery of their friends or the deceptions of their enemies; and yet they are often very highly satisfied to…

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

By sincerity, a man gains physical, mental and linguistic straightforwardness, and harmonious tendency; that is, congruence of speech and action.

— Mahavira

The less men are fettered by tradition, the greater becomes the inward activity of their motives, and greater again in proportion to their outer…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“The great majority of men and women, in ordinary times, pass through life without ever contemplating or criticising, as a whole, either their own…

— Bertrand Russell

“Two distinctive traits especially identify beyond a doubt a strong and dominant character. One trait is contempt for external circumstances, when one is convinced…

— Cicero

Some handsome and ambitious men believe they are above all morality, and a woman's virtue becomes a mere challenge to them.

— William Safire