The noun phrase straw man, now used as a compound adjective as in 'straw-man device, technique or issue,' was popularized in American culture by 'The Wizard of Oz.'
The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man sees in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of Laws.
Literature is always personal, always one man's vision of the world, one man's experience, and it can only be popular when men are ready to welcome the visions of others.
I learned over the years never to correct a fool or he will hate you; correct a wise man, and he will appreciate you.
A man who graduated high in his class at Yale Law School and made partnership in a top law firm would be celebrated. A man who invested wisely would be admired, but a woman who accomplishes this is treated with suspicion.
I think that women are powerful and they're multifaceted and they're survivors; they don't have to depend on a man to do the things they needed them to do, whether it was hunting or lifting heavy things, so what's a man's place now? Who knows!
I think that feminists have definitely underestimated the role that women have had historically. I think I would be insecure if I were to be a man; there's so much pressure on you.
True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.
A man who has both feet planted firmly in the air can be safely called a liberal.
Don't judge any man until you have walked two moons in his moccasins.
Conversation is like making love; the man is the question, the woman the answer, and the union of both will bear fruit.
If you want to take revenge on a man, send him a really beautiful woman.
Can a man take fire in his bosom, and his clothes not be burned? Proverbs 6:27
A man need never revenge himself; the body of his enemy will be brought to his own door.
A man of high principles is someone who can watch a chess game without passing comment.
If a man fools me once, shame on him. If he fools me twice, shame on me.
O man, you who do not live a hundred years, why fret a thousand minutes?.
The poor ones give their alms in a humble way, the rich man throws them down with contempt.
Poverty is a wonderful thing. It sticks to a man after all his friends have forsaken him.
A fire will sear and the sun burn yet more, but neither can match the ardor of a man's heart.
A man finds what he takes to be small; it will only be big again when he loses it.
