That man is an ill husband of his honour that entereth into any action, the failing wherein may disgrace him more than the carrying of it through can honour him. Bacon.
That man is learned who reduceth his learning to practice. Hitopadesa.
That man is little to be envied whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of Iona. Johnson.
That man lives twice that lives the first life 45 well. Herrick.
That man may last, but never lives, / Who much receives but nothing gives; / Whom none can love, whom none can thank—/ Creation's blot, creation's blank. T. Gibbons.
That man that hath a tongue, I say, is no man, / If with his tongue he cannot win a woman. Two Gent. of Verona, ii. 1.
That man will never be a perfect gentleman who lives only with gentlemen. To be a man of the world we must view that world in every grade and in every perspective. Bulwer Lytton.
That Mirabeau understood how to act with others, and by others—this was his genius, this was his originality, this was his greatness. Goethe.
That must be true which all men say. Pr. 50
That nation is in the enjoyment of liberty which stands by its own strength, and does not depend on the will of another. Livy.