"Luck is not something you can mention in the presence of self-made men." ― E. B. White Topic(s): Men More From E. B. White "English usage is sometimes more than mere taste, judgment and education – sometimes it’s sheer luck, like getting across the street." "Old age is a special problem for me because I’ve never been able to shed the mental image I have of myself – a lad of about 19." "Be obscure clearly." More In Men "I am for those who believe in loose delights, I share the midnight orgies of young men, I dance with the dancers and drink with the drinkers."― Walt Whitman "Pride, envy, avarice – these are the sparks have set on fire the hearts of all men."― Dante Alighieri "Do not share the knowledge with which you have been blessed with everyone in general, as you do with some people in particular; and know that there are some men in whom Allah, may He he glorified, has placed hidden secrets, which they are forbidden to reveal."― Ali ibn Abi Talib