John Wayne
Actor, Director
"You have to be a man before you can be a gentleman."
Be A Man quotes
Be A Man
19 quotes on this topic — from poets, philosophers, and thinkers across history.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Writer, Aviator
"To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible."
Democritus
Philosopher
"Men will cease to be fools only when they cease to be men."
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essayist, Philosopher, Poet
"To be a man is to be a nonconformist."
C. S. Lewis
Writer, Scholar
"To live in a fully predictable world is not to be a man."
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"Not only is it harder to be a man, it is also harder to become one."
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"We must every one be a man of his own fancy."
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"A man of truth must also be a man of care."
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"One cannot always be a hero, but one can always be a man."
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