198.Quotes On Men-Part 18
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"The opera is to music what a bawdy house is to a cathedral.." -Henry Louis Mencken-
"There are two kinds of books. Those that no one reads and those that no one ought to read.".-Henry Louis Mencken-
"Unquestionably, there is progress. The average American now pays twice as much in taxes as he formerly got in wages.".-Henry Louis Mencken-
"Whenever you hear a man speak of his love for his country, it is a sign that he expects to be paid for it.".-Henry Louis Mencken
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"Men of genius are often dull and inert in society;as the blazing meteor, when it descends to earth, is only a stone.".-Henry Wadsworth Longfellow-
"You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are;but you must approach each man by the right door.".-Henry Ward Beecher-
"Some dying men are the most tyrannical;and certainly, since they will shortly trouble us so little for evermore, the poor fellows ought to be indulged.".-Herman Melville-
"Live as brave men and face adversity with stout hearts.".-Horace-
"Contact with men who wield power and authority still leaves an intangible sense of repulsion. It's very like being in close proximity to fecal matter, the fecal embodiment of something unmentionable, and you wonder what it is made of and when it acquired ".-Jean Baudrillard-
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"Love cures people - both the ones who give it and the ones who receive it.".-Karl A. Menninger-
"It is a man's world, and you men can have it.".-Katherine Anne Porter-
"Men now monopolize the upper levels… depriving women of their rightful share of opportunities for incompetence.".-Laurence J. Peter-
"Whiskey has killed more men than bullets, but most men would rather be full of whiskey than bullets. What I like in a good author is not what he says, but what he whispers.".-Logan Pearsall Smith-
"What men call gallantry and gods adultery Is much more common where the climate's sultry.".-Lord George Byron-
"It takes people a long time to learn the difference between talent and genius, especially ambitious young men and women.".-Louisa May Alcott-
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"There are big men, men of intellect, intellectual men, men of talent and men of action;but the great man is difficult to find, and it needs - apart from discernment - a certain greatness to find him.".-Margot Asquith-
"The beauty myth moves for men as a mirage;its power lies in its ever-receding nature. When the gap is closed, the lover embraces only his own disillusion.".-Naomi Wolf-
"The path of least resistance makes all rivers, and some men, crooked.".-Napoleon Hill-
"I'm hostile to men, I'm hostile to women, I'm hostile to cats, to poor cockroaches, I'm afraid of horses.".-Norman Mailer-
"Law grinds the poor, and rich men rule the law.".-Oliver Goldsmith-
"Men marry because they are tired;women, because they are curious;both are disappointed.".-Oscar Wilde-
"When a woman marries again it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck;men risk theirs.".-Oscar Wilde-
"Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from the praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile.".-Pierre Corneille-
"There are three classes of men;lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.".-Plato-
"Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.".-Ralph Waldo Emerson-
"Men talk as if victory were something fortunate. Work is victory.".-Ralph Waldo Emerson-
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"The arts and inventions of each period are only its costume, and do not invigorate men.".-Ralph Waldo Emerson-
"The stupidity of men always invites the insolence of power.".-Ralph Waldo Emerson-
"Don't you go believing in sayings, Picotee: they are all made by men, for their own advantages. Women who use public proverbs as a guide through events are those who have not ingenuity enough to make private ones as each event occurs.".-Thomas Hardy-
"If one could be friendly with women, what a pleasure - the relationship so secret and private compared with relations with men. Why not write about it truthfully?".-Virginia Woolf-
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