Quotes about Man, page 9

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

Quote by Francis Bacon about man

There is a wisdom in this beyond the rules of physic: a man's own observation what he finds good of and what he finds hurt of is the best physic to preserve health.

Quote by Francis Bacon about man

I like men with some belly who are a little over the hill.

Quote by Victoria Abril about man

There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self.

Quote by Francis Bacon about man

Therefore if a man look sharply and attentively, he shall see Fortune; for though she be blind, yet she is not invisible.

Quote by Francis Bacon about man

This is certain, that a man that studieth revenge keeps his wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well.

Quote by Francis Bacon about man

We are much beholden to Machiavel and others, that write what men do, and not what they ought to do.

Quote by Francis Bacon about man

When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative.

Quote by Francis Bacon about man

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

Quote by Francis Bacon about man

Wives are young men's mistresses, companions for middle age, and old men's nurses.

Quote by Francis Bacon about man

The great corrupter of public man is the ego. Looking at the mirror distracts one's attention from the problem.

Quote by Dean Acheson about man

I don't want to stop acting, but acting in some ways is a young man's game.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about man

But guys such as Allen and William are more supportive than most men.

Quote by Kathy Acker about man

There are people who tell you to shut up because you're just a celebrity, but pundits, talking heads, they're every bit the celebrity and a lot of them aren't any more qualified than the average man on the street.

Quote by Kevin Bacon about man

A wise person does at once, what a fool does at last. Both do the same thing; only at different times.

Quote by Lord Acton about man

Power tends to corrupt; absolute power corrupts absolutely. Great men are almost always bad men.

Quote by Lord Acton about man

Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality.

Quote by Lord Acton about man

I mean that's a big part of our existence here on earth, the personal relationship we have with the person that we love, with the person that we make love to, with the person that we share our lives with. We expect a lot of things back from our...

Quote by Erykah Badu about man

Millions of men have lived to fight, build palaces and boundaries, shape destinies and societies; but the compelling force of all times has been the force of originality and creation profoundly affecting the roots of human spirit.

Quote by Ansel Adams about man

I'm a critic, man, I'm really hard on people, but when I listen to Omar I just listen. He's like medicine, I feel like I can be healed.

Quote by Erykah Badu about man