The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men. Plato
I shall never be a heretic; I may err in dispute, but I do not wish to decide anything finally; on the other hand, I am not bound by the opinions of men. Martin Luther
What constitutes a real, live human being is more of a mystery than ever these days, and men each one of whom is a valuable, unique experiment on the part of nature are shot down wholesale. Hermann Hesse Mystery
It is a golden rule not to judge men by their opinions but rather by what their opinions make of them. Georg C. Lichtenberg Opinions
We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad among men than when we stay in our chambers. Henry David Thoreau
The most hateful human misfortune is for a wise man to have no influence. Herodotus Misfortune Fortune
A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men. Plato
Literature is strewn with the wreckage of men who have minded beyond reason the opinions of others. Virginia Woolf
