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I like men who have a future and women who have a past
I like men who have a future and women who have a past
A prudent man should always follow in the footsteps of great men and imitate those who have been outstanding. If read more
A prudent man should always follow in the footsteps of great men and imitate those who have been outstanding. If his own prowess fails to compare with theirs, at least it has an air of greatness about it.
Men forget but never forgive. Women forgive but never forget.
Men forget but never forgive. Women forgive but never forget.
A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so read more
A wise man, recognizing that the world is but an illusion, does not act as if it is real, so he escapes the suffering.
There are two perfectly good men, one dead, and the other unborn
There are two perfectly good men, one dead, and the other unborn
There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.
There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those read more
He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.
A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them, and he patiently suffers much read more
A man does not mind being blamed for his faults, and being punished for them, and he patiently suffers much for them; but he becomes impatient if he is required to give them up
By jove, no wonder women don't love war nor understand it, nor can operate in it as a rule; it read more
By jove, no wonder women don't love war nor understand it, nor can operate in it as a rule; it takes a man to suffer what other men have invented . . .