Quotes about Man, page 33

I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break.

Quote by Herodotus about man

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.

Quote by Herodotus about man

Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.

Quote by Herodotus about man

In soft regions are born soft men.

Quote by Herodotus about man

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

Quote by Herodotus about man

Men's fortunes are on a wheel, which in its turning suffers not the same man to prosper for ever.

Quote by Herodotus about man

Of all men's miseries the bitterest is this: to know so much and to have control over nothing.

Quote by Herodotus about man

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.

Quote by Herodotus about man

The destiny of man is in his own soul.

Quote by Herodotus about man

The ears of men are lesser agents of belief than their eyes.

Quote by Herodotus about man

The man who has planned badly, if fortune is on his side, may have had a stroke of luck; but his plan was a bad one nonetheless.

Quote by Herodotus about man

The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence.

Quote by Herodotus about man

The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing.

Quote by Herodotus about man

Whatever comes from God is impossible for a man to turn back.

Quote by Herodotus about man

Italian men do appreciate beautiful women. They're not afraid of the beauty, which is nice.

Quote by Eva Herzigova about man

In films murders are always very clean. I show how difficult it is and what a messy thing it is to kill a man.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about man

These are bagpipes. I understand the inventor of the bagpipes was inspired when he saw a man carrying an indignant, asthmatic pig under his arm. Unfortunately, the man-made sound never equalled the purity of the sound achieved by the pig.

Quote by Alfred Hitchcock about man

I did a movie called Marathon Man and it was one of my best memories.

Quote by Dustin Hoffman about man

I mean, I don't think I'm alone when I look at the homeless person or the bum or the psychotic or the drunk or the drug addict or the criminal and see their baby pictures in my mind's eye. You don't think they were cute like every other baby?

Quote by Dustin Hoffman about man

If you have this enormous talent, it's got you by the balls, it's a demon. You can't be a family man and a husband and a caring person and be that animal. Dickens wasn't that nice a guy.

Quote by Dustin Hoffman about man