Men Quote by Washington Irving

Every man passes his life in the search after friendship.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

A young man passes from our public schools to the universities, ignorant almost of the elements of every branch of useful knowledge.

— Charles Babbage

Having achieved and accomplished love, then the man passes into the unknown. He has become himself, his tale is told.

— D. H. Lawrence

A man passes for that he is worth. What he is engraves itself on his face, on his form, on his fortunes, in letters…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

With every exertion, the best of men can do but a moderate amount of good; but it seems in the power of the most…

— Washington Irving

A pure Democracy, by which I mean a Society consisting of a small number of citizens, who assemble and administer the Government in person,…

— James Madison

The peril of every fine faculty is the delight of playing with it for pride. Talent is commonly developed at the expense of character,…

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

“The mischief springs from the power which the monied interest derives from a paper currency which they are able to control, from the multitude…

— Andrew Jackson

If the Soul sees, after death , what passes on this earth , and watches over the welfare of those it loves, then must…

— Albert Pike

The mischiefs of anarchy have been equaled by the mischiefs of government.

— Henry Ward Beecher

No one has something original or important to say will willing we run the risk of being misunderstood; people who write obscurely are either…

— William Zinsser

Certainty is the mother of repose, and therefore the common law aims at certainty.

— Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke