Men possessed with an idea cannot be reasoned with. Froude.
Men possessing small souls are generally the authors of great evils. Goethe.
Men prize the thing ungained more than it is. 20 Troil. and Cress., i. 2.
Men rate the virtues of the heart at almost nothing, while they idolise endowments of body and intellect. La Bruyère.
Men rattle their chains to show that they are free. Pr.
Men run away to other countries because they are not good in their own, and run back to their own because they pass for nothing in the new places. Emerson.
Men say their pinnacles point to heaven. Why, so does every tree that buds, and every bird that rises as it sings. Men say their aisles are good for worship. Why, so is every mountain glen and rough seashore. But this they have of distinct and indisputable glory,—that their mighty walls were never raised, and never shall be, but by men who love and aid each other in their weakness. Ruskin.
Men seek within the short span of life to 25 satisfy a thousand desires, each of which alone is insatiable. Goldsmith.
Men seem to be led by their noses, but in reality it is by their ears. Carlyle.
Men should be prized, not for their exemption from fault, but the size of those virtues they are possessed of. Goldsmith.