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Short Memorable Quotes About Man

Welcome to our collection of quotes about a man. Not any specific man... quotes about a man generally. This collection is all short quotes. We hope you enjoy them, and please share.

quote by Publius Vergilius Maro: One man excels in eloquence, another in arms. with background image: Publius Vergilius Maro quote: One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.- black text on quotes background

One man excels in eloquence, another in arms.

 --Virgil
quote by Publius Vergilius Maro: Every man makes a god of his own desire. with background image: Publius Vergilius Maro quote: Every man makes a god of his own desire.- black text on quotes background

Every man makes a god of his own desire.

 --Virgil
quote by Joan Plowright: Nothing is so sexy in a man as talent. with background image:

Nothing is so sexy in a man as talent.

 --Joan Plowright
quote by Muhammed Iqbal: Man is primarily governed by passion and instinct. with background image:

Man is primarily governed by passion and instinct.

 --Muhammed Iqbal
quote by Aubrey de Vere: Man should be ever better than he seems. with background image:

Man should be ever better than he seems.

 --Aubrey de Vere
quote by Lara Turner: A gentleman is just a patient wolf. with background image:

A gentleman is just a patient wolf.

 --Lara Turner
quote by John Monash: No man is a hero in his own country. with background image:

No man is a hero in his own country.

 --John Monash
quote by Don J. Manuel: Hazard not your wealth on a poor man's advice. with background image:

Hazard not your wealth on a poor man's advice.

 --Don J. Manuel
quote by Howard Thurston: The average man is not hard to mystify. with background image:

The average man is not hard to mystify.

 --Howard Thurston
quote by Abraham Joshua Heschel: Man is a messenger who forgot the message. with background image:

Man is a messenger who forgot the message.

 --Abraham Joshua Heschel
quote by Alexander Chase: A man's home is his wife's castle. with background image:

A man's home is his wife's castle.

 --Alexander Chase
quote by Alfred Adler: Man knows much more than he understands. with background image:

Man knows much more than he understands.

 --Alfred Adler
quote by Alfred Nobel: The truthful man is usually a liar. with background image:

The truthful man is usually a liar.

 --Alfred Nobel
quote by Ali ibn Abi Talib: A man's measure is his will. with background image:

A man's measure is his will.

 --Ali ibn Abi Talib
quote by Andre Malraux: All art is a revolt against man's fate. with background image:

All art is a revolt against man's fate.

 --Andre Malraux
quote by Aristophanes: A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. with background image:

A man's homeland is wherever he prospers.

 --Aristophanes
quote by Aristophanes: Let each man exercise the art he knows. with background image:

Let each man exercise the art he knows.

 --Aristophanes
quote by Arthur Helps: A man's action is only a picture book of his creed. with background image:

A man's action is only a picture book of his creed.

 --Arthur Helps
quote by Barbara Bush: Let's judge a man on what he's done. with background image:

Let's judge a man on what he's done.

 --Barbara Bush
quote by Baruch Spinoza: Desire is the very essence of man. with background image:

Desire is the very essence of man.

 --Baruch Spinoza
quote by Brendan Behan: No man can discover his own talents. with background image:

No man can discover his own talents.

 --Brendan Behan
quote by Catherine the Great: The more a man knows, the more he forgives. with background image:

The more a man knows, the more he forgives.

 --Catherine the Great
quote by Charles Kingsley: There is a great deal of human nature in man. with background image:

There is a great deal of human nature in man.

 --Charles Kingsley
quote by Charlotte Whitton: Man cannot live by incompetence alone. with background image:

Man cannot live by incompetence alone.

 --Charlotte Whitton
quote by Daniel J. Rice: A man without enemies is a dishonest man. with background image: Daniel J. Rice quote: A man without enemies is a dishonest man.- black text on quotes background

A man without enemies is a dishonest man.

 --Daniel J. Rice
quote by Edna St. Vincent Millay: Life must go on, Though good men die. with background image:

Life must go on, Though good men die.

 --Edna St. Vincent Millay
quote by Edward Young: A man of pleasure is a man of pains. with background image:

A man of pleasure is a man of pains.

 --Edward Young
quote by Eudora Welty: Beware of a man with manners. with background image:

Beware of a man with manners.

 --Eudora Welty
quote by Euripides: The gift of a bad man can bring no good. with background image:

The gift of a bad man can bring no good.

 --Euripides
quote by Francis Quarles: It is the lot of man but once to die. with background image:

It is the lot of man but once to die.

 --Francis Quarles
quote by Francois Rabelais: No noble man ever hated good wine. with background image:

No noble man ever hated good wine.

 --Francois Rabelais
quote by Franz Schubert: A man endures misfortune without complaint. with background image:

A man endures misfortune without complaint.

 --Franz Schubert
quote by Friedrich Schiller: The happy man does not notice the flight of time. with background image:

The happy man does not notice the flight of time.

 --Friedrich Schiller
quote by Friedrich Schiller: The strong man is strongest when alone. with background image:

The strong man is strongest when alone.

 --Friedrich Schiller
quote by G. M. Trevelyan: A little man often casts a long shadow. with background image:

A little man often casts a long shadow.

 --G. M. Trevelyan
quote by Henry Drummond: No man can become a saint in his sleep. with background image:

No man can become a saint in his sleep.

 --Henry Drummond
quote by Herbert Hoover: No public man can be just a little crooked. with background image:

No public man can be just a little crooked.

 --Herbert Hoover
quote by Herbert Read: Man is everywhere still in chains. with background image:

Man is everywhere still in chains.

 --Herbert Read
quote by Herodotus: The destiny of man is in his own soul. with background image:

The destiny of man is in his own soul.

 --Herodotus
quote by Holbrook Jackson: No man is ever old enough to know better. with background image:

No man is ever old enough to know better.

 --Holbrook Jackson
quote by James Allen: A man is literally what he thinks. with background image:

A man is literally what he thinks.

 --James Allen

Longer Version:

A man is literally what he thinks, his character being the complete sum of all his thoughts.

quote by James Dean: The only greatness for man is immortality. with background image:

The only greatness for man is immortality.

 --James Dean
quote by James Howell: Respect a man, he will do it the more. with background image:

Respect a man, he will do it the more.

 --James Howell
quote by James Joyce: A man's errors are his portals of discovery. with background image:

A man's errors are his portals of discovery.

 --James Joyce
quote by Jean-Jacques Rousseau: Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains. with background image:

Man was born free, and he is everywhere in chains.

 --Jean-Jacques Rousseau
quote by Jeanette Winterson: The free man never thinks of escape. with background image:

The free man never thinks of escape.

 --Jeanette Winterson
quote by John Churton Collins: A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult. with background image:

A wise man thinks what is easy is difficult.

 --John Churton Collins
quote by John Dewey: No man's credit is as good as his money. with background image:

No man's credit is as good as his money.

 --John Dewey
quote by John Dryden: Lucky men are favorites of Heaven. with background image:

Lucky men are favorites of Heaven.

 --John Dryden
quote by John Wayne: I never trust a man that doesn't drink. with background image:

I never trust a man that doesn't drink.

 --John Wayne
quote by Jonathan Swift: Modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense. with background image:

Modesty may make a fool seem a man of sense.

 --Jonathan Swift
quote by Jonathan Swift: No wise man ever wished to be younger. with background image:

No wise man ever wished to be younger.

 --Jonathan Swift
quote by Jonathan Swift: He was a bold man that first ate an oyster. with background image:

He was a bold man that first ate an oyster.

 --Jonathan Swift
quote by Joseph Conrad: Never test another man by your own weakness. with background image:

Never test another man by your own weakness.

 --Joseph Conrad
quote by Jules Verne: What one man can think, another man can do. with background image:

What one man can think, another man can do.

 --Jules Verne
quote by Jules Verne: The wisest man may be a blind father. with background image:

The wisest man may be a blind father.

 --Jules Verne
quote by Jules Verne: Man is never perfect nor contented. with background image:

Man is never perfect nor contented.

 --Jules Verne
quote by Laurence J. Peter: A man convinced against his will is not convinced. with background image:

A man convinced against his will is not convinced.

 --Laurence J. Peter
quote by Lin Yutang: The wise man reads both books and life itself. with background image:

The wise man reads both books and life itself.

 --Lin Yutang
quote by Lucinda Williams: The perfect man? A poet on a motorcycle. with background image:

The perfect man? A poet on a motorcycle.

 --Lucinda Williams
quote by Madame de Stael: The more I see of man, the more I like dogs. with background image:

The more I see of man, the more I like dogs.

 --Madame de Stael
quote by Malcolm Forbes: To measure the man, measure his heart. with background image:

To measure the man, measure his heart.

 --Malcolm Forbes
quote by Marcus Valerius Martial: A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere. with background image:

A man who lives everywhere lives nowhere.

 --Marcus Valerius Martial
quote by Mario Puzo: Even the strongest man needs friends. with background image:

Even the strongest man needs friends.

 --Mario Puzo
quote by Marquis de Sade: Sensual excess drives out pity in man. with background image:

Sensual excess drives out pity in man.

 --Marquis de Sade
quote by Meister Eckhart: All God wants of man is a peaceful heart. with background image:

All God wants of man is a peaceful heart.

 --Meister Eckhart
quote by Menander: The man who runs may fight again. with background image:

The man who runs may fight again.

 --Menander
quote by Miguel de Cervantes: Every man is the son of his own works. with background image:

Every man is the son of his own works.

 --Miguel de Cervantes
quote by Miguel de Cervantes: Man appoints, and God disappoints. with background image:

Man appoints, and God disappoints.

 --Miguel de Cervantes
quote by Miguel de Unamuno: Man dies of cold, not of darkness. with background image:

Man dies of cold, not of darkness.

 --Miguel de Unamuno
quote by Milan Kundera: Man's world is the planet of inexperience. with background image:

Man's world is the planet of inexperience.

 --Milan Kundera
quote by Oliver Herford: A man is known by the silence he keeps. with background image:

A man is known by the silence he keeps.

 --Oliver Herford
quote by Peyton Manning: A man's got to know his limitations. with background image:

A man's got to know his limitations.

 --Peyton Manning
quote by Phaedrus: A learned man has always riches in himself. with background image:

A learned man has always riches in himself.

 --Phaedrus
quote by Pierre Corneille: Every man of courage is a man of his word. with background image:

Every man of courage is a man of his word.

 --Pierre Corneille
quote by Robert Jordan: No man should have another man's voice in his head. with background image:

No man should have another man's voice in his head.

 --Robert Jordan
quote by Sallust: Every man is the architect of his own fortune. with background image:

Every man is the architect of his own fortune.

 --Sallust
quote by Samuel Butler: Let every man be true and every god a liar. with background image:

Let every man be true and every god a liar.

 --Samuel Butler
quote by Samuel Richardson: A man may keep a woman, but not his estate. with background image:

A man may keep a woman, but not his estate.

 --Samuel Richardson
quote by Saul Bellow: A man is only as good as what he loves. with background image:

A man is only as good as what he loves.

 --Saul Bellow
quote by Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann: Stupidity of man makes the world burn. with background image:

Stupidity of man makes the world burn.

 --Sir Kristian Goldmund Aumann
quote by Sophocles: A fearful man is always hearing things. with background image:

A fearful man is always hearing things.

 --Sophocles
quote by Sophocles: No man loves the bearer of bad tidings. with background image:

No man loves the bearer of bad tidings.

 --Sophocles
quote by Sophocles: Even a poor man can receive honors. with background image:

Even a poor man can receive honors.

 --Sophocles
quote by Sophocles: To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task. with background image:

To be doing good deeds is man's most glorious task.

 --Sophocles
quote by Thomas Bailey Aldrich: A man is known by the company his mind keeps. with background image:

A man is known by the company his mind keeps.

 --Thomas Bailey Aldrich
quote by Plautus: No man is wise enough by himself. with background image:

No man is wise enough by himself.

 --Plautus
quote by Plautus: It well becomes a young man to be modest. with background image:

It well becomes a young man to be modest.

 --Plautus
quote by William Cowper: No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach. with background image:

No man can be a patriot on an empty stomach.

 --William Cowper
quote by William Cowper: God made the country, and man made the town. with background image:

God made the country, and man made the town.

 --William Cowper
quote by William Faulkner: Man will not merely endure; he will prevail. with background image: William Faulkner quote: Man will not merely endure; he will prevail.- black text on quotes background

Man will not merely endure; he will prevail.

 --William Faulkner
quote by William Hazlitt: No young man ever thinks he shall die. with background image:

No young man ever thinks he shall die.

 --William Hazlitt
quote by William Saroyan: Remember that every man is a variation of yourself. with background image: William Saroyan quote: Remember that every man is a variation of yourself.- black text on quotes background

Remember that every man is a variation of yourself.

 --William Saroyan
quote by Ed Wood: Modern man is a hard-working human. with background image:

Modern man is a hard-working human.

 --Ed Wood
quote by Jerome Lawrence: Darwin was Wrong! Man's still an ape. with background image:

Darwin was Wrong! Man's still an ape.

 --Jerome Lawrence
quote by Solon: No man is happy; he is at best fortunate. with background image:

No man is happy; he is at best fortunate.

 --Solon
quote by A. C. Benson: Man, an animal that makes bargains. with background image:

Man, an animal that makes bargains.

 --A. C. Benson
quote by A. Bartlett Giamatti: No one man is superior to the game. with background image:

No one man is superior to the game.

 --A. Bartlett Giamatti
quote by Anthony Storr: One man's faith is another man's delusion. with background image:

One man's faith is another man's delusion.

 --Anthony Storr
quote by Charles Stanley: A man can preach no better than he prays. with background image:

A man can preach no better than he prays.

 --Charles Stanley
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