Bounty Quote by Thomas Carlyle

One thing above all gives charm to men's thoughts, and this is unrest. A mind that is not uneasy irritates and bores me.

— Anatole France

... men of power are seldom protected from their own infirmities by the men subordinate to them -- not even in the sad circumstances…

— Abigail McCarthy

When men are rightly occupied, their amusement grows out of their work.

— John Ruskin

It is not a sign of communal well-being when men turn to their government to execute all their business for them, but rather a…

— H. L. Mencken

Men submit from habit to everything that seeks power.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Men in great fortunes are strangers to themselves, and while they are in the puzzle of business, they have no time to tend their…

— John Locke

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

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

— Giacomo Leopardi

Men are suspicious; prone to discontent: Subjects still loathe the present Government.

— Robert Herrick

It is frequently a misfortune to have very brilliant men in charge of affairs. They expect too much of ordinary men.

— Thucydides

“We must limit the running to and fro which most men practise, rambling about houses, theatres, and marketplaces. They mind other men's business, and…

— Seneca

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