She rides as a man, goes unveiled as a man, fights as a man. Let her prove herself worthy as a man, worthy of her weapons and of our friendship.
A man betrayed by life's rats either hates and seeks eternal revenge, or forgives and seeks eternal distance; A man honored by life's faithful builds, and builds, and builds. A man indifferent to betrayal is not a man.
One can know a man from his laugh, and if you like a man's laugh before you know anything of him, you may confidently say that he is a good man.
A murderer is regarded by the conventional world as something almost monstrous, but a murderer to himself is only an ordinary man. It is only if the murderer is a good man that he can be regarded as monstrous.
It is not funny that anything else should fall down; only that a man should fall down. Why do we laugh? Because it is a gravely religious matter: it is the Fall of Man. Only man can be absurd: for only man can be dignified.
A smart man makes a mistake, learns from it, and never makes that mistake again. But a wise man finds a smart man and learns from him how to avoid the mistake altogether.
By the time a man is 35 he knows that the images of the right man, the tough man, the true man which he received in high school do not work in life.
a dog is not considered a good dog because he is a good barker. a man is not considered a good man because he is a good talker.
Ip Man: [Facing the Northerner Ip Man adopts his combat stance with an unsettling mixture of mettle and serenity] Wing Chun, Ip Man.
Dutton Peabody: As for you, Old Man: go West and grow young with the country!
Man kann davon überzeugt sein, sich etwas zu wünschen - vielleicht jahrelang - solang man weiß, dass der Wunsch unerfüllbar ist. Steht man aber plötzlich vor der Möglichkeit, dass der Wunschtraum Wirklichkeit wird, dann wünscht man sich nur no...
Manolo Ray: [referring to possible 3-5 years jail time] Hey, come on, man, it ain't that bad. Tony Montana: Hey, what the fuck you talkin', man? Manolo Ray: The jails in this country are like hotels, man. Tony Montana: You fuckin' kiddin' me, man? Ar...
When a hundred men call a wise man a fool, then he becomes a fool.
After a rich man gets rich, his next ambition is to get richer.
What a fool does in the end, the wise man does in the beginning.
A satisfied man is happy even if he is poor; a dissatisfied man is sad even if he is rich.
A single conversation across the table with a wise man is worth a month's study of books.
A wise man adapts himself to circumstances, as water shapes itself to the vessel that contains it.
A young woman with an old man is really someone else's woman.
When the poor man sets a trap only his dog gets caught.
When a proud man hears another praised, he feels himself injured.
