No man is worth your tears, but once you find one that is, he won’t make you cry.AnonymousTraditional attribution
Men Quotes, Sayings and Proverbs
Short selections recovered from GADEL’s original collection. Wording is kept as found; the archived attribution is not a verification of authorship.
The only difference between men and boys is the cost of their toys.AnonymousTraditional attribution
Why do men chase women they have no intention of marrying? The same urge that makes dogs chase cars they have no intention of driving.AnonymousTraditional attribution
When a man talks dirty to a woman, it’s sexual harassment. When a woman talks dirty to a man, it’s $3.95 a minute.Author UnknownTraditional attribution
Women always worry about the things that men forget; men always worry about the things women remember.Author UnknownTraditional attribution
A gentleman is simply a patient wolf.Lana TurnerAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Can you imagine a world without men? No crime and lots of happy fat women.Nicole HollanderAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Part of the reason that men seem so much less loving than women is that men’s behavior is measured with a feminine ruler.Francesca M. CancianAttributed in the original GADEL collection
It takes a woman twenty years to make a man of her son, and another woman twenty minutes to make a fool of him.Helen RowlandAttributed in the original GADEL collection
I want a man who’s kind and understanding. Is that too much to ask of a millionaire?Zsa Zsa GaborAttributed in the original GADEL collection
No nice men are good at getting taxis.Katherine WhitehornAttributed in the original GADEL collection
A retired husband is often a wife’s full-time job.Ella HarrisAttributed in the original GADEL collection
A woman can say more in a sigh than a man can say in a sermon.Arnold HaultainAttributed in the original GADEL collection
It is not titles that make men illustrious, but men who make titles illustrious.MachiavelliAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.George WashingtonAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Men are like steel. When they lose their temper, they lose their worth.Chuck NorrisAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.Theodore RooseveltAttributed in the original GADEL collection
A woman should soften but not weaken a man.Sigmund FreudAttributed in the original GADEL collection
The woman cries before the wedding and the man after.Polish ProverbTraditional attribution
Money tempts women, women tempt men.Bulgarian ProverbTraditional attribution
When women go wrong, men go right after them.Mae WestAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Men get wealth and women keep it.British ProverbTraditional attribution
A man’s face is his autobiography. A woman’s face is her work of fiction.Oscar WildeAttributed in the original GADEL collection
A shy woman is worth a city, a shy man is worth a goat.Kurdish ProverbTraditional attribution
Men look at themselves in mirrors. Women look for themselves.Elissa MelamedAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Women like silent men. They think they’re listening.Marcel AchardAttributed in the original GADEL collection
The average woman would rather have beauty than brains, because the average man can see better than he can think.Author UnknownTraditional attribution
A woman that always laughs is everybody’s wife; a man that is always laughing is an idiot.Chinese ProverbTraditional attribution
The only time a woman really succeeds in changing a man is when he is a baby.Natalie WoodAttributed in the original GADEL collection
The more I see of men, the more I like dogs.Madame de StaëlAttributed in the original GADEL collection
What is the difference between men and women?Author UnknownTraditional attribution
Men want a woman whom they can turn on and off like a light switch.Ian FlemingAttributed in the original GADEL collection
Every woman needs two men — one to be married to and the other to compare.French ProverbTraditional attribution
Men really prefer reasonably attractive women; they go after the sensational ones to impress other men.Mignon McLaughlinAttributed in the original GADEL collection
No woman can make a wise man out of a fool, but every woman can change a wise man into a fool.Argentinean ProverbTraditional attribution
A woman is the last judgement of the man.Swedish ProverbTraditional attribution
If you want to take revenge on a man, send him a really beautiful woman.Arab ProverbTraditional attribution
A lady is a woman who makes it easy for a man to be a gentleman.American ProverbTraditional attribution
Instruct a man, you instruct an individual. Instruct a woman, you instruct a nation.Moroccan ProverbTraditional attribution
A man chases a woman until she catches him.American ProverbTraditional attribution
Men build houses; women build homes.American ProverbTraditional attribution
The man loves with his head, the woman thinks with her heart.Danish ProverbTraditional attribution
In men every mortal sin is venial, in women every venial sin is mortal.Italian ProverbTraditional attribution
A man is as old as he feels, and a woman as old as she looks.English ProverbTraditional attribution
Man without woman, is head without body; woman without man, is body without head.German ProverbTraditional attribution
A good husband makes a good wife.English SayingTraditional attribution
Behind every successful man is a woman.English SayingTraditional attribution
A good man is hard to find.English SayingTraditional attribution
It’s a man’s world.English SayingTraditional attribution
Love enters man through his eyes, woman through her ears.American ProverbTraditional attribution
A man will never heed the voice of a woman until it is too late.African ProverbTraditional attribution
The man deliberates, the woman decides.Spanish ProverbTraditional attribution
Man is the head of the family, woman the neck that turns the head.Chinese ProverbTraditional attribution
The woman who loves her husband corrects his faults; the man that loves his wife exaggerates them.Armenian ProverbTraditional attribution
A bad woman is worse than a bad man.Romanian ProverbTraditional attribution
The woman makes the man.Corsican ProverbTraditional attribution
is the cost of their toys.AnonymousTraditional attribution
Original collection & source
Original title: Men Quotes, Sayings and Proverbs
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