The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilised men.
Great indebtedness does not make men grateful, but vengeful; and if a little charity is not forgotten, it turns into a gnawing worm.
Now, in reality, the world have paid too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them to be men of much greater profundity then they really are.
The world have payed too great a compliment to critics, and have imagined them men of much greater profundity than they really are.
The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small talents and great ambition.
All men who have achieved great things have been great dreamers.
Fishes live in the sea, as men do on land: the great ones eat up the little ones.
The late, great Janis Joplin could drink ten men under the table, then sing loud enough to shake the teeth out of their head.
We thought we'd write a good script for women, giving them the fun roles that generally men get.
If men were born free, they would, so long as they remained free, form no conception of good and evil.
Men often think it's the bad boys who get the hot chicks. But I'm living proof that the good guys win.
The important thing is that men should have a purpose in life. It should be something useful, something good.
To conceive the good, in fact, is not sufficient; it must be made to succeed among men. To accomplish this less pure paths must be followed.
Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.
It requires genius to make a good pun - some men of bright parts can't reach it.
Giving every man a vote has no more made men wise and free than Christianity has made them good.
A good idea plus capable men cannot fail; it is better than money in the bank.
I have really good female friends. I've never bought the whole men-and-women-can't-be-friends thing. I think that's sort of nonsense.
I look only to the good qualities of men. Not being faultless myself, I won't presume to probe into the faults of others.
When good people in any country cease their vigilance and struggle, then evil men prevail.
There are some sluggish men who are improved by drinking; as there are fruits that are not good until they are rotten.
