Men are what their mothers made them

Quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Topics: Men And Women Quotes

Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.

Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.

As soon as there is life, there is danger

As soon as there is life, there is danger

The ancestor of every action is a thought

The ancestor of every action is a thought

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

Trust your instinct to the end, though you can render no reason.

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

A woman's beauty is not a gift to man - only a bribe

You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong

You cannot do wrong without suffering wrong

We judge a man's wisdom by his hope.

We judge a man's wisdom by his hope.

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

Difficulties exist to be surmounted

Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.

Our admiration of the antique is not admiration of the old, but of the natural.

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

When it is darkest, men see the stars.

Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution...

Every man is a consumer, and ought to be a producer. He is by constitution...

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be...

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

No great man ever complains of want of opportunity.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

We are always getting ready to live but never living.

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

Use what language you will, you can never say anything but what you are.

Patience and fortitude conquer all things

Patience and fortitude conquer all things

Trust instinct to the end, even though you can give no reason.

Trust instinct to the end, even though you can give no reason.

Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what...

Instinct is action taken in pursuance of a purpose, but without conscious perception of what...

Well-bred instinct meets reason halfway

Well-bred instinct meets reason halfway