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. . . while men represent powerful activity as assertion and aggression, women in contrast portray acts of nurturance as read more
. . . while men represent powerful activity as assertion and aggression, women in contrast portray acts of nurturance as acts of strength.
Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most times he will pick himself up and carry on.
Man will occasionally stumble over the truth, but most times he will pick himself up and carry on.
Men are what their mothers made them
Men are what their mothers made them
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 . . .
Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even read more
Who is the happiest of men? He who values the merits of others, and in their pleasure takes joy, even as though t'were his own.
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
A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.
A man of honour should never forget what he is because he sees what others are.
Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot.
Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot.
When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at read more
When a man points a finger at someone else, he should remember that four of his fingers are pointing at himself.