History does nothing; it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this.
There is frequently more to be learned from the unexpected questions of a child than the discourses of men.
I attribute the little I know to my not having been ashamed to ask for information, and to my rule of conversing with all descriptions of men on those topics that form their own peculiar professions and pursuits.
The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.
The bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by god on the children of men. It has god for its author; salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. it is all pure
All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.
To prejudge other men's notions before we have looked into them is not to show their darkness but to put out our own eyes.
There is always inequality in life. some men are killed in a war and some men are wounded and some men never leave the country. life is unfair.
Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though 'twere his own.
We believe that if men have the talent to invent new machines that put men out of work, they have the talent to put those men back to work.
In a time of domestic crisis, men of goodwill and generosity should be able to unite regardless of party or politics.
No old Men (excepting Dr. Wallis) love Mathematics.
Men build too many walls and not enough bridges.
While men believe in the infinite some ponds will be thought to be bottomless.
Many men go fishing all of their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after
Thank god men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
The path of least resistance leads to crooked rivers and crooked men
Men have become the tools of their tools.
Men are born to succeed, not to fail.
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.
I am looking for a lot of men who have an infinite capacity to not know what can't be done.
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation.
All men want, not something to do with, but something to do, or rather something to be.
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder