Men value things in three ways: as useful, as pleasant or sources of pleasure, and as excellent, or as intrinsically admirable or honorable.
Mortimer Adler
Technology is making gestures precise and brutal, and with them men.
Theodor Adorno
For then only will you be strong, when you cherish the laws, and when the revolutionary attempts of lawless men shall have ceased.
Aeschines
It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
Aeschylus
Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting.
It is always in season for old men to learn.
Unions in wedlock are perverted by the victory of shameless passion that masters the female among men and beasts.
I know how men in exile feed on dreams.
It is good even for old men to learn wisdom.
Alas for the affairs of men! When they are fortunate you might compare them to a shadow; and if they are unfortunate, a wet sponge with one dash... →