Quotes by Men In Biblical times, a man could have as many wives as he could afford. Just like today. Abigail Van Buren biblical wife men I turn to right and left, in all the earth I see no signs of justice, sense or worth: A man does evil deeds, and all his days Are filled with luck and universal praise; Another's good in all he does - he dies A wretched, broken man whom all despise. Abolqasem Ferdowsi broken evil men But all this world is like a tale we hear - Men's evil, and their glory, disappear. Abolqasem Ferdowsi evil men world Our lives pass from us like the wind, and why Abolqasem Ferdowsi wise grieving men If a man is tongue-tied, don't laugh at him, but, rather, feel pity for him, as you would for a man with broken legs. Abraham Cahan broken-heart laughing men God, for example, appealed to me as a beardless man wearing a quilted silk cap; holiness was something burning, forbidding, something connected with fire while a day had the form of an oblong box. Abraham Cahan example fire men The liberty of a people consists in being governed by laws which they have made themselves, under whatsoever form it be of government; the liberty of a private man, in being master of his own time and actions, as far as may consist with the laws of God and of his country. Abraham Cowley law men country It is a hard and nice subject for a man to speak of himself: it grates his own heart to say anything of disparagement, and the reader's ear to hear anything of praise from him. Abraham Cowley nice heart men There is some help for all the defects of fortune; for, if a man cannot attain to the length of his wishes, he may have his remedy by cutting of them shorter. Abraham Cowley cutting wish men Curs'd be that wretch (Death's factor sure) who brought Dire swords into the peaceful world, and taught Smiths (who before could only make The spade, the plough-share, and the rake) Arts, in most cruel wise Man's left to epitomize! Abraham Cowley wise men art Nothing in Nature's sober found, Abraham Cowley glasses drinking men Man is too near all kinds of beasts,--a fawning dog, a roaring lion, a thieving fox, a robbing wolf, a dissembling crocodile, a treacherous decoy, and a rapacious vulture. Abraham Cowley roaring dog men Why dost thou heap up wealth, which thou must quit, Abraham Cowley men lying art To be a husbandman, is but a retreat from the city; to be a philosopher, from the world; or rather, a retreat from the world, as it is man's, into the world, as it is God's. Abraham Cowley cities men world The real enemy is the man who tries to mold the human spirit so that it will not dare to spread its wings. Abraham Flexner real wings men There are men who teach best by not teaching at all. Abraham Flexner teaching men knowledge At a priesthood meeting... the strongest language in regard to Plural Marriage was used that I ever heard, and among other things it was stated that all men in position who would not observe and fulfill that law should be removed from their places. Abraham H. Cannon language law men There is no one so lonely than a man who loves only himself. Abraham ibn Ezra so-lonely lonely men There are free men with the spirit of a slave, and slaves whose spirit is full of freedom. He who is true to his inner self is a free man, while he whose entire life is merely a stage for what is good and beautiful in the eyes of others, is a slave. Abraham Isaac Kook eye beautiful men All the troubles of the world, especially the spiritual, such as grief, impatience, disillusionment, despair, the truly basic troubles of man-they came about only because of the failure to view clearly the majesty of God. Abraham Isaac Kook grief spiritual men «56789101112131415»
