Famous Quotes

"Circumstances rule men men do not rule circumstances."

Herodotus on Men

More quotes about Men

• "It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men."

  Frederick Douglass on Men

• "I, with a deeper instinct, choose a man who compels my strength, who makes enormous demands on me, who does not doubt my courage or my toughness, who does not believe me naive or innocent, who has the courage to treat me like a woman."

  Anais Nin on Men

• "Men always want to be a woman's first love - women like to be a man's last romance."

  Oscar Wilde on Men

• "Without feelings of respect, what is there to distinguish men from beasts?"

  Confucius on Men

• "Man becomes great exactly in the degree in which he works for the welfare of his fellow-men."

  Mahatma Gandhi on Men

More quotes by Herodotus

• "It is clear that not in one thing alone, but in many ways equality and freedom of speech are a good thing."

• "He is the best man who, when making his plans, fears and reflects on everything that can happen to him, but in the moment of action is bold."

• "Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change."

• "Death is a delightful hiding place for weary men."

• "Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before."