"Men, who are rogues individually, are in the mass very honorable people."
― Charles de Secondat
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Men
More From Charles de Secondat
- "But constant experience shows us that every man invested with power is apt to abuse it, and to carry his authority as far as it will go."
- "As soon as man enters into a state of society he loses the sense of his weakness; equality ceases, and then commences the state of war."
- "The success of most things depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed."
More In Men
- "I never yet feared those men who set a place apart in the middle of their cities where they gather to cheat one another and swear oaths which they break."― Herodotus
- "Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea."― Robert A. Heinlein
- "Though force can protect in emergency, only justice, fairness, consideration and cooperation can finally lead men to the dawn of eternal peace."― Dwight D. Eisenhower