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QUOTES AND APHORISMS ON MEN 15
You will soon break the bow if you keep it always stretched.
Phaedrus (c.1-?, Macedonian inventor and writer)
Every time you acquire a new interest, even more, a new accomplishment, you increase your power of life.
William Lyon Phelps
The final test of a gentleman is his respect for those who can be of no possible service to him.
William Lyon Phelps
I am always doing things I can't do, that's how I get to do them.
Pablo Picasso (1881-1973, Spanish artist)
Eating's going to be a whole new ball game. I may even have to buy a new pair of trousers.
Lester Piggott
People see themselves as the center of the universe and judge everything as it relates to them.
Peace Pilgrim (1908-1981, American peace activist)
The conservation of natural resources is the key to the future.... The very existence of our nation, and all the rest, depends on conserving the resources which; are the foundation of its life.
Gifford Pincbot
Men are the dreams of a shadow.
Pindar (BC 518?-18438, Greek poet)
Time, in the turning over of days, works change, for better or worse.
Pindar (BC 518?-18438, Greek poet)
Anyone can be heroic from time to time, but a gentleman is something you have to be all the time.
Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936, Italian author, playwright)
Woman -- for example, look at her case! She turns tantalizing inviting glances on you. You seize her. No sooner does she feel herself in your grasp than she closes her eyes. It is a sign of her mission, the sign by which she says to man: "Blind yourself, for I am blind."
Luigi Pirandello (1867-1936, Italian author, playwright)
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands.
Robert M. Pirsig (1928-, American author)
That state is best ordered when the wicked have no command, and the good have.
Pittacus (650-570 BC, Greek statesman)
Men are gentle, honest and straightforward. Women are convoluted, deceptive and dangerous.
Erin Pizzey
The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men.
Plato (BC 427?-347?, Greek philosopher)
There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain.
Plato (BC 427?-347?, Greek philosopher)
If you are content, you have enough to live comfortably.
Titus Maccius Plautus (BC 254-184, Roman comic poet)
It is easy to rule over the good.
Titus Maccius Plautus (BC 254-184, Roman comic poet)
Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for not having much to care for; and with obscurity, for being unenvied.
Plutarch (46-120, Greek essayist, biographer)
Learn to be pleased with everything; with wealth, so far as it makes us beneficial to others; with poverty, for not having much to care for; and with obscurity, for being unenvied.
Plutarch (46-120, Greek essayist, biographer)
The measure of a man is the way he bears up under misfortune.
Plutarch (46-120, Greek essayist, biographer)
Believe me, there exists no such dilemma as that in which a gentleman is placed when he is forced to reply to a blackguard.
Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1845, American poet, critic, short-story writer)
Two things are as big as the man who possesses them, neither bigger nor smaller. One is a minute, the other is a dollar.
Channing Pollock (1946-, American actor)
For Forms of Government let fools contest; whatever is best administered is best.
Alexander Pope (1688-1744, British poet, critic, translator)
It is with our judgments as with our watches: no two go just alike, yet each believes his own.
Alexander Pope (1688-1744, British poet, critic, translator)
Men dream of courtship, but in wedlock wake.
Alexander Pope (1688-1744, British poet, critic, translator)
Most women have no characters at all.
Alexander Pope (1688-1744, British poet, critic, translator)
True disputants are like true sportsman: their whole delight is in the pursuit.
Alexander Pope (1688-1744, British poet, critic, translator)
When much dispute has past, we find our tenets just the same as last.
Alexander Pope (1688-1744, British poet, critic, translator)
He may have hair upon his chest but, sister, so has Lassie.
Cole Porter (1893-1964, American composer, lyricist)
She plucked from my lapel the invisible strand of lint (the universal act of woman to proclaim ownership).
Henry O. Porter (1862-1910, American short-story writer)
It is a man's world, and you men can have it.
Katherine Anne Porter (1890-1980, American short-story writer, novelist)
There will be something anguish or elation that is peculiar to this day alone. I rise from sleep and say: hail to the morning! come down to me, my beautiful unknown.
Jessica Powers
To live as fully, as completely as possible, to be happy... is the true aim and end to life.
Llewelyn Powers
Great Spirit, help me never to judge another until I have walked in his moccasins.
Sioux Indian Prayer
For a long time the only time I felt beautiful -- in the sense of being complete as a woman, as a human being, and even female -- was when I was singing.
Leontyne Price (1927, American opera singer)
People think that at the end of the day a man is the only answer. Actually, a fulfilling job is better for me.
Princess Diana (1961-1997, British Princess)
A woman we love rarely satisfies all our needs, and we deceive her with a woman whom we do not love.
Marcel Proust (1871-1922, French novelist)
Let us leave pretty women to men devoid of imagination.
Marcel Proust (1871-1922, French novelist)
If you see someone riding a bamboo-cane, tell him "What a lovely horse!"
African Proverb (Sayings of African origin)
If you are always dwelling in trouble, change your address.
American Proverb (Sayings of American origin)
Men have three ears: one on the left of the head, one on the right of the head, and one in the heart.
Armenian Proverb
If you marry wise judgment, peace will become your brother-in-law.
Bolivian Proverb
Before preparing to improve the world, first look around your own home three times.
Chinese Proverb (Sayings of Chinese origin)
It is later than you think.
Chinese Proverb (Sayings of Chinese origin)
Of all female qualities, a warm heart is the most valuable.
Chinese Proverb (Sayings of Chinese origin)
The journey is the reward.
Chinese Proverb (Sayings of Chinese origin)
To be totally at leisure for one day is to be immortal for one day.
Chinese Proverb (Sayings of Chinese origin)
He who undertakes too many things at once seldom does any of them well.
Dutch Proverb (Sayings of Dutch origin)
Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him.
English Proverb (Sayings of British origin)
There is but an hour a day between a good housewife and a bad one.
English Proverb (Sayings of British origin)
There is no time like the present.
English Proverb (Sayings of British origin)
Time is a file that wears and makes no noise.
English Proverb (Sayings of British origin)
Time is the soul of business.
English Proverb (Sayings of British origin)
'Tis money that begets money.
English Proverb (Sayings of British origin)
Don't judge a dog by its hair.
Finnish Proverb
In the councils of a state, the question is not so much, what ought to be done? As, what can be done?
French Proverb (Sayings of French origin)
Life is half spent before one knows what it is.
French Proverb (Sayings of French origin)
Love makes time pass away and time makes love pass away.
French Proverb (Sayings of French origin)
One day is as good as two for the person who does everything in its place.
French Proverb (Sayings of French origin)
What makes us discontented with our condition is the absurdly exaggerated idea we have of the happiness of others.
French Proverb (Sayings of French origin)
Why kill time when one can employ it.
French Proverb (Sayings of French origin)
Women will believe any lie that is wrapped in praise.
French Proverb (Sayings of French origin)
Monday is the key day of the week.
Gaelic Proverb (Sayings of Gaelic origin)
Blaming is easy; doing better is more difficult.
German Proverb (Sayings of German origin)
Contentment is worth more than riches.
German Proverb (Sayings of German origin)
Office without pay makes thieves.
German Proverb (Sayings of German origin)
Prudent men woo thrifty women.
German Proverb (Sayings of German origin)
The morning hour has gold in its mouth.
German Proverb (Sayings of German origin)
A man with good judgment does not make the goat his gardener.
Hungarian Proverb (Sayings of Hungarian origin)
Don't judge a horse by its harness.
Italian Proverb (Sayings of Italian origin)
If the wife sins, the husband is not innocent.
Italian Proverb (Sayings of Italian origin)
When God punishes a land, he deprives it’s leaders of wisdom.
Italian Proverb (Sayings of Italian origin)
Because of their figure, vain women stay cold.
Japanese Proverb (Sayings of Japanese origin)
First improve yourself, and then judge others.
Jewish Proverb (Sayings of Jewish origin)
One moment is worth more than a thousand gold pieces.
Korean Proverb (Sayings of Korean origin)
Possessions dwindle: I mourn their loss. But I mourn the loss of time much more, for anyone can save his purse, but none can win back lost time.
Latin Proverb (Sayings of Latin origin)
Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.
Lebanese Proverb (Sayings of Lebanese origin)
One day teaches the other.
Lithuanian Proverb
Enjoy yourself, for there is nothing in the world we can call our own.
Macedonian Proverb
Don't judge any man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins.
Native American Proverb (Sayings of Native American origin)
Half of an orange tastes just as sweet as a whole one.
Panamanian Proverb
Even a clock that is not going is right twice a day.
Polish Proverb (Sayings of Polish origin)
It is easier to bear a child once a year than to shave everyday.
Russian Proverb (Sayings of Russian origin)
When you meet a man, you judge him by his clothes; when you leave, you judge him by his heart.
Russian Proverb (Sayings of Russian origin)
If your buttocks burn, you know you have done wrong.
South African Proverb (Sayings of South African origin)
Better a friendly refusal than an unwilling consent.
Spanish Proverb (Sayings of Spanish origin)
Drink nothing with out seeing it; sign nothing without reading it.
Spanish Proverb (Sayings of Spanish origin)
It takes two to quarrel, but only one to end it.
Spanish Proverb (Sayings of Spanish origin)
Not to watch your workmen is to lose your money.
Spanish Proverb (Sayings of Spanish origin)
Since we cannot get what we like, let us like what we can get.
Spanish Proverb (Sayings of Spanish origin)
Time and I against any two.
Spanish Proverb (Sayings of Spanish origin)
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