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Men have been pacifists for every reason under the sun except to avoid danger and fighting. ↗

— William Faulkner

#men #pacifism #pacifists #war #men

Making wishes on the elephant is emotionally dangerous, because inevitably one's hopes rise abnormally high, unhealthily high, and when the wish does not come true, one's high hopes get crushed more painfully than if one had not asked for the help of supernatural powers. Therefore, one should always try to make the wish casually and forget about it instantly after making it, which is what I try to do now. ↗

— Amanda Filipacchi

#men

We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of man; but this would be nothing if you really liked him. ↗

— Jane Austen

#romance #nothing

There’s something in our world that makes men lose their heads—they couldn’t be fair if they tried. ↗

— Harper Lee

#win #men

(...) or there will be a reckoning! ↗

— Terry Pratchett

#tiffany-aching #men

Young men are apt to think themselves wise enough, as drunken men are apt to think themselves sober enough. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#drunken #enough #men #sober #themselves

In years past, to keep their men close, women would wear a ring and bear children. It doesn't work like that today. Nowadays, how do we hold on to those we love? I've no idea. ↗

— Guillaume Musso

#staying-together #love

What their scorned, over-fucked mothers never teach them is this: men can be hurt, too. ↗

— Darnell Lamont Walker

#men #mothers #pain #men

Male dominance in society always means that out of public sight, in the private, ahistorical world of men with women, men are sexually dominating women. ↗

— Andrea Dworkin

#sexism #violence-against-women #men

O monstrous! eleven buckram men grown out of two! ↗

— William Shakespeare

#poins #prince-hal #men