Satire lies about literary men while they live and eulogy lies about them when they die. Voltaire dieeulogylie Change image and share on social
The entire world is my temple, and a very fine one too, if I'm not mistaken, and I'll never lack priests to serve it as long as there are men. Desiderius Erasmus entirefinelack Change image and share on social
It is not easy to see how the more extreme forms of nationalism can long survive when men have seen the Earth in its true perspective as a single small globe against the stars. Arthur C. Clarke eartheasyextreme Change image and share on social
At Athens, wise men propose, and fools dispose. Alcuin athensdisposefool Change image and share on social
We say nothing essential about the cathedral when we speak of its stones. We say nothing essential about Man when we seek to define him by the qualities of men. Antoine de Saint-Exupery cathedraldefineessential Change image and share on social
If the lives of men can be measured in terms of years, ideologies in decades, and nations in centuries, then the unit measuring civilizations, born of the interaction among peoples, would be the millennium. Abdelaziz Bouteflika bearcenturycivilization share on social
I'm on 'Two and a Half Men,' and I don't want to be on it. Please stop watching it, and filling your head with filth. Angus T. Jones fillfilthhalf Change image and share on social
A good book, in the language of the book-sellers, is a salable one; in that of the curious, a scarce one; in that of men of sense, a useful and instructive one. Oswald Chambers bookcuriousgood Change image and share on social
Housework is the only activity at which men are allowed to be consistently inept because they are thought to be so competent at everything else. Letty Cottin Pogrebin activityallowcompetent Change image and share on social
There is a boundary to men's passions when they act from feelings; but none when they are under the influence of imagination. Edmund Burke actboundaryfeeling Change image and share on social