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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Only one man in a thousand is a leader of men, the other 999 follow women.Groucho Marx
Only the man who is not hungry says the coconut has a hard shell.
Only the wisest and stupidest of men never change.Confucius
Scientists now believe that the primary biological function of breasts is to make males stupid.Dave Barry
Shallots are for babies; Onions are for men; garlic is for heroes.(unknown author)
Six hours for a man, seven for a woman, and eight for a fool.
Some men will build a wine cellar when they have found just one grape.
That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.Neil Armstrong
The cherry blossom among flowers, the warrior among men.
The dog for the man, the cat for the woman.
The foolish slogans of a rich man often pass for words of wisdom by the fools around him.
The good men seem to be like coconuts. Others are like the jujube fruit.Beautiful only on the outside but sour inside.
The human failing I would most like to correct is aggression. It may have had survival advantage in caveman days, to get more food, territory or partner with whom to reproduce, but now it threatens to destroy us all.Stephen Hawking
The man loves danger and sport. That is why he loves woman, the most dangerous of all sports.Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche
The man who has been beaten by a firebrand runs away at the sight of a firefly.
The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives himself for doing them.Oscar Wilde
The real danger is not that computers will begin to think like men, but that men will begin to think like computers.Sydney J. Harris
The silliest woman can manage a clever man; but it needs a clever woman to manage a fool.Rudyard Kipling
The way to a man's heart is through his stomach.Feed a man well and he will love you.
Time and tide wait for no man.Delaying a decision will not prevent events from taking place.
To question a wise man is the beginning of wisdom.
We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star.Stephen Hawking
We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.Stephen Hawking
What a man says drunk, he thinks sober.People speak more freely under the influence of alcohol.
What are young men to rocks and mountains?Jane Austen
Source: Pride and Prejudice
Quoted: Elizabeth
When a man gives his opinion, he's a man. When a woman gives her opinion, she's a bitch.Bette Davis
When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.George Bernard Shaw
When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.George Bernard Shaw
Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.Oscar Wilde
Wise men are not always silent, but they know when to be.(unknown author)
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.Plato
Women sometimes make fools of men, but most guys are the do-it-yourself type(unknown author)
Women spend more time wondering what men are thinking than men spend thinking.(unknown author)
You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation.Brigham Young
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