"By indignities men come to dignities." ― Francis Bacon Topic(s): Men Tags: indignities More From Francis Bacon "Fashion is only the attempt to realize art in living forms and social intercourse." "The worst men often give the best advice." "When a man laughs at his troubles he loses a great many friends. They never forgive the loss of their prerogative." More In Men "Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones."― Theodore Roosevelt "Ignorant men raise questions that wise men answered a thousand years ago."― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe "All men’s misfortunes spring from their hatred of being alone."― Jean de la Bruyere