Quotes About Men

He told himself that it was the hatred of men, not the vengeance of God, which had plunged him into the abyss where he now found himself.

In politica, caro mio, lo sapete quanto me, non ci sono uomini, ma idee; non sentimenti, ma interessi; in politica non si uccide un uomo: si elimina un ostacolo, ecco tutto.

En política, querido mío, y vos lo sabéis tan bien como yo, no hay hombres, sino ideas; no sentimientos, sino intereses; en política no se mata a un hombre, sino se allana un obstáculo.

D'Artagnan admiró de qué hilos frágiles y desconocidos están a veces suspendidos los destinos de un pueblo y la vida de los hombres.

In politics, my dear fellow, you know, as well as I do, there are no men, but ideas — no feelings, but interests; in politics we do not kill a man, we only remove an obstacle, that is all

All men are scoundrels and I am happy to be able to do more than hate them: now I despise them.

Misfortune is needed to plumb certain mysterious depths in the understanding of men.

The king! I thought he was philosopher enough to allow that there was no murder in politics. In politics, my dear fellow, you know, as well as I do, there are no men, but ideas—no feelings, but interests; in politics we do not kill a man, we only remove an obstacle, that is all.

Tis strange that it should be among such men that we find proofs of friendship and devotion.

when you have the honour to find yourself in the company of ordinary men and the good fortune to be out of politics for a moment, please try to pick up the heart that you leave behind at the cloakroom of the Lower and Upper House.

There are some situations which men understand by instinct, but which reason is powerless to explain.

I have my pride for men--serpents always ready to threaten every one who would pass without crushing them under foot. But I lay aside that pride before God, who has taken me from nothing to make me what I am.

cómo cree que en política haya asesinatos? En política, querido mío, y vos lo sabéis tan bien como yo, no hay hombres, sino ideas; no sentimientos, sino intereses; en política no se mata a un hombre, sino se allana un obstáculo.

Misfortune is needed to plumb certain mysterious depths in the understanding of men; pressure is needed to explode the charge.

Argentini sono stranieri allo Stato Orientale del pari che gli uomini del Chili o dell'Inghilterra.

Next to hating their enemies, men are most inclined to flatter them.

The pursuit of wealth generally diverts men of great talents and of great passions from the pursuit of power, and it very frequently happens that a man does not undertake to direct the fortune of the State until he has discovered his incompetence to conduct his own affairs.

A depraved taste for equality, which impels the weak to attempt to lower the powerful to their own level and reduces men to prefer equality in slavery to inequality with freedom.

The happy and the powerful do not go into exile, and there are no surer guarantees of equality among men than poverty and misfortune.

The nations of our time cannot prevent the conditions of men from becoming equal; but it depends upon themselves whether the principle of equality is to lead them to servitude or freedom, to knowledge or barbarism, to prosperity or to wretchedness.

No true power can be founded among men which does not depend upon the free union of their inclinations; and patriotism and religion are the only two motives in the world which can permanently direct the whole of the body politic to one end.

if the Supreme Court is ever composed of imprudent men or bad citizens, the Union may be plunged into anarchy or civil war.

In Europe, Christianity has allowed itself to be closely linked with the powers of this world. Today these powers are collapsing and it is virtually buried beneath their ruins. It has become a living body tied to the dead; if the bonds holding it were cut, it would rise again. I do not know what would have to be done to restore youthful energy to European Christianity. God alone could do this; but at least it depends upon men to leave to faith the deployment of all the strength it still has.

In the present age men are not very inclined to die in defence of their opinions, but they are rarely inclined to change them.