Speech both conceals and reveals the thoughts of men.
Better to be guilty in the eyes of men than in the eyes of God.
The devil gives even rich men presents.
A phantasm can be a bridge that men cross toward reality.
Beware of men who flourish hereditary honors
Fools and obstinate men make lawyers rich.
For the first time in history, middle-class women do not need men in the traditional ways - for safety, for money, for a life. So they’re demanding instead what they always wanted but couldn’t ask for: emotional connection, presence, intimacy. Se...
A cat will teach her young ones all the tricks, except how to jump backwards.
Have you come over time to think that you know more now than you did when you were young, know less now than when young, know now there is so much more to know than you knew there was to know when young that it is moot whether you think you knew more...
Her son seemed to be belatedly rebelling against all his celebrated accomplishments- as well as the responsibilities inherent in them, the obligations to own his talents.In that rebellion, she saw a young man who was confused and upset that his life ...
Remember, you cannot be both young and wise. Young people who pretend to be wise to the ways of the world are mostly just cynics. Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cyn...
[Royal is telling his children that he and their mother are splitting up] Young Margot Tenenbaum: Is it our fault? Royal: No, no. Obviously, we made certain sacrifices as a result of having children, but no, Lord, no. Young Richie Tenenbaum: Then why...
The secret message communicated to most young people today by the society around them is that they are not needed, that the society will run itself quite nicely until they - at some distant point in the future - will take over the reigns. Yet the fac...
Some men because they're afraid to .
Great men are not born great, they grow great . . .
Never fuck anyone you wouldn't want to be.
There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime.
Though women begin their lives more fulfilled than men, as they age, they gradually become less happy. Men, in contrast, get happier as they get older.
Men are not so much the keepers of herds as herds are the keepers of men.
Few great men could pass personnel.
Fire tests gold, suffering tests brave men.
