Quotes 1081 till 1100 of 10005.
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A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.
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A man's very highest moment is, I have no doubt at all, when he kneels in the dust, and beats his breast, and tells all the sins of his life.
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A man's wife has more power over him than the state has.
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A man, as a general rule, owes very little to what he is born with - a man is what he makes of himself.
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A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own.
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A marriage is no amusement but a solemn act, and generally a sad one.
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A married man forms married habits and becomes dependent on marriage just as a sailor becomes dependent on the sea.
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A married man is a man with a past, while a bachelor is a man with a future.
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A mathematical proof is beautiful, but when you're finished, it's really only about one thing. A story can be about many things.
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A mere literary man is a dull man; a man who is solely a man of business is a selfish man; but when literature and commerce are united, they make a respectable man.
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A metaphysician is one who, when you remark that twice two makes four, demands to know what you mean by twice, what by two, what by makes, and what by four. For asking such questions metaphysicians are supported in oriental luxury in the universities, and respected as educated and intelligent men.
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A mighty good sausage stuffer was spoiled when the man became a poet.
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A mixture of admiration and pity is one of the surest recipes for affection.
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A modern democracy is a tyranny whose borders are undefined; one discovers how far one can go only by traveling in a straight line until one is stopped.
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A modest man is usually admired, if people ever hear of him.
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A molcajete is a stone mortar and pestle from Mexico. They're great for grinding spices and making salsa and guacamole because they give everything a nice coarse and rustic feel. I've never collected anything, but I think I might start collecting these because each one is decorated differently.
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A molehill man is a pseudo-busy executive who comes to work at 9 am and finds a molehill on his desk. He has until 5 p.m. to make this molehill into a mountain. An accomplished molehill man will often have his mountain finished before lunch.
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A moral, sensible, and wellbred man, I will not affront me, and no other can.
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A mother's yearning feels the presence of the cherished child even in the degraded man.
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