Authority Quote by Theodore White

Drunkenness, spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans the man.

— William Penn

it so often happens that, when men are convinced that they have to die, a desire to bear themselves well and to leave life's…

— Winston Churchill

“There is a heady sense of manhood that comes from advancing from apathy to commitment, from timidity to courage, from passivity to aggressiveness. There…

— David T. Dellinger

But men at whiles are sober And think by fits and starts. And if they think, they fasten Their hands upon their hearts

— A. E. Housman

One-half of the ills of life come because men are unwilling to sit down quietly for thirty minutes to think through all the possible…

— Blaise Pascal

“most men consider their rationally selected actions are in fact idiosyncratic responses that have grown strong enough, through repeated use, to overpower other urges…

— Caleb Carr

Most men go through life unchallenged, except at the final moment.

— Frank Herbert

When ambitious men find an open passage, they are rather busy than dangerous; and if well watched in their proceedings, they will catch them…

— Francis Quarles

Men become cannibals of their own hearts; remorse, regret, and restless impatience usurp the place of more wholesome feeling: every thing seems better than…

— Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley

When men find they must inevitably perish, they willingly resolve to die with their comrades and with their arms in their hands.

— Publius Flavius Vegetius Renatus

Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

men are undoubtedly more in danger from prosperity than from adversity. for when matters go smoothly, they flatter themselves, and are intoxicated by their…

— John Calvin