A collection of proverbs and quotes about men (male humans).
The word “man” or “men” sometimes refers to humankind (mankind) in a more general way. Proverbs or quotes that are clearly not about male humans but about all humans, are in proverbs and quotes about mankind.
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'Stupid as a man,' say the women: 'cowardly as a woman,' say the men. Stupidity in a woman is unwomanly.
Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheA hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.
J.R.R. TolkienSource: The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring
Quoted: Aragorn
A man is as old as he feels himself to be.
When you are healthy, your real age doesn't matter.A man is known by the company he keeps.
You are often judged by the type of people with whom you spend your time.A man may be a fool and not know it, but not if he is married.
H.L. MenckenA man never knows how to say goodbye; a woman never knows when to say it.
Helen RowlandA man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world.
Helen RowlandA man's got to do what a man's got to do.
(unknown author)A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they shall never sit in.
A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy.
Albert EinsteinA wise woman puts a grain of sugar into everything she says to a man, and takes a grain of salt with everything he says to her.
Helen RowlandA woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle.
Irina DunnBeauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men.
Because, my dear, beauty is that quality which, next to money, is generally the most attractive to the worst kinds of men.
Anne BrontëSource: The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Childhood shows the man, as morning shows the day.
MiltonClothes don't make the man.
Appearances can be deceiving.Clothes make the man.
Good clothing adds to a man's stature.Dead men tell no tales.
Different men have different opinions; some prefer apples, some onions.
Every man has his price.
Every man is his own enemy.
You may do things that harm yourself.Every man is the architect of his own fortune.
Life is what you make it.How much less man, who is but a maggot, the son of man, who is only a worm?
BibleSource: Job: 25: 6
How stunning are the changes which age makes in a man while he sleeps!
Mark TwainI like men who have a future and women who have a past.
Oscar WildeIf a rich man ate a snake, they would say it was because of his wisdom; if a poor man ate it, they would say it was because of his stupidity.
If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman.
Margaret ThatcherIf you want to see the true measure of a man, watch how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
J.K. RowlingIn every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.
Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheIs man merely a mistake of God's? Or God merely a mistake of man?
Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche