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Quotes About Men

I am the most misunderstood and misrepresented of men. Misrepresented because misunderstood.
~ Isaac Parker
One may take many liberties with God which one cannot take with men.
~ Isak Dinesen
It is agreed by most men, that the Eele is a most daintie fish; the Romans have esteemed her the Helena of their feasts, and some The Queen of pleasure.
~ Izaak Walton
The best of men are men at best
~ J. C. Ryle
Of all the things that men may heed 'Tis most of love they sing indeed.
~ J. R. R. Tolkien
I am terrified of restrictive religious doctrine, having learned from history that when men who adhere to any form of it are in control, common men like me are in peril.
~ James A. Michener
Angels worship God with purity and love; men, with fear and trembling.
~ James Ellis
Japanese moe relationships socially dysfunctional men develop deep attachments to body pillows with women painted on them.
~ James Franco
Yet perhaps no sacrifice is wholly useless which proves there are men who prefer honour to life.
~ James G. Frazer
Real solemn history, I cannot be interested in.... The quarrels of popes and kings, with wars and pestilences in every page; the men all so good for nothing, and hardly any women at all.
~ Jane Austen
Gods and men honor those who have fought in battle.
~ Janet Morris
Everything that anyone respects is what men naturally excel at: fighting, accruing wealth, playing at power.
~ Janet Morris
Why is it we are always the targets of the angry Fates? Twice as many men of ours met harm as did theirs, since we've come here.
~ Janet Morris
The Fates are here because of supernal anger, celestial imbalance, and arrogance of men and gods that must be curbed.
~ Janet Morris
What Cicero said of men-that they are like wines, age souring the bad, and bettering the good-we can say of misfortune, that it has the same effect upon them.
~ Jean Paul
Women who bring up children by themselves do it heroically, they do it against all odds, men who don't feel responsible for being part of their child's life create real strains on that family.
~ Jeb Bush
History is littered with dead good men
~ Joe Abercrombie
I don't wanna join the Hair Club For Men or anything.
~ Joe Budden
Grief drives men into habits of serious reflection, sharpens the understanding, and softens the heart
~ John Adams
Matters change and morals change; men remain.
~ John Galsworthy
So also there are tides and floods in the affairs of men, which in some are slight and may be kept within bounds, but in others they overmaster everything.
~ John Muir
Men think all things would be very glorious if they might be done according to their mind. Perhaps, indeed, they would-but with their glory, not the glory of God.
~ John Owen
The little and short sayings of nice And excellent men are of great value, like the dust of gold, or the least sparks of diamonds.
~ John Tillotson
Men emerge pale from the little printing plant at four sharp, ghosts for an instant, blinking, until the outdoor light overcomes the look of constant indoor light clinging to them.
~ John Updike