“Women prefer to talk in twos, while men prefer to talk in threes.”
What does it mean to be a man? These quotes explore masculinity, fatherhood, strength, vulnerability, and the evolving expectations placed on men by society, by women, and by themselves.
“Men are April when they woo, December when they wed. Maids are May when they are maids, but the sky changes when they are wives.”
“Women prefer to talk in twos, while men prefer to talk in threes.”
“Men, their rights, and nothing more women, their rights, and nothing less.”
“The unique and supreme voluptuousness of love lies in the certainty of committing evil. And men and women know from birth that in evil is found all sensual delight.”
“Here in America we are descended in blood and in spirit from revolutionists and rebels - men and women who dare to dissent from accepted doctrine. As their heirs, may we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion.”
“Whatever deceives men seems to produce a magical enchantment.”
“The big divide in this country is not between Democrats and Republicans, or women and men, but between talkers and doers.”
“The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.”
“I was surrounded by strong women so it had never even occurred to me that women were anything other than equal to men.”
“Men's ideas are the most direct emanations of their material state.”
“Observe all men, thyself most.”
“In the long run, men hit only what they aim at. Therefore, they had better aim at something high.”
“We cannot learn men from books.”
“If I err in belief that the souls of men are immortal, I gladly err, nor do I wish this error which gives me pleasure to be wrested from me while I live.”
“Men will bear many things from a kept mistress, which they would not bear from a wife.”
“The most dangerous criminal now is the entirely lawless modern philosopher. Compared to him, burglars and bigamists are essentially moral men.”