Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
Joseph Addison
Irregularity and want of method are only supportable in men of great learning or genius, who are often too full to be exact, and therefore they... →
Young men soon give, and soon forget, affronts; old age is slow in both.
When men are easy in their circumstances, they are naturally enemies to innovations.
Like most people who live in India, I complain about corruption, but know that I can live with corrupt men. It is the honest ones I secretly worry... →
Aravind Adiga
The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by.
Felix Adler
For more than three thousand years men have quarreled concerning the formulas of their faith.
Not to engage in the pursuit of ideas is to live like ants instead of like men.
Mortimer Adler
Freedom is the emancipation from the arbitrary rule of other men.
There is only one situation I can think of in which men and women make an effort to read better than they usually do. It is when they are in love and... →