The unbought grace of
The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise, is gone! Edmund Burke
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The unbought grace of
The unbought grace of life, the cheap defence of nations, the nurse of manly sentiment and heroic enterprise isgone! it isgone, that sensibility of principle, that chastity of honour, which felt a stain like a wound, which ennobled whatever it touched, and under which vice itself lost half its evil, by losing all its grossness. … Read more
Virtue will catch as
Virtue will catch as well as vice by contact; and the public stock of honest manly principle will daily accumulate. We are not too nicely to scrutinize motives as long as action is irreproachable. It is enough (and for a worthy man perhaps too much) to deal out its infamy to convicted guilt and declared … Read more
I welcome all the
I welcome all the signs indicating that a more manly and warlike age is commencing, which will, above all, bring heroism again into honour! Friedrich Nietzsche
If a woman possesses
If a woman possesses manly virtues, she is to be run away from; and if she does not possess them, she runs away herself. Friedrich Nietzsche
By experience; by a
By experience; by a sense of human frailty; by a perception of \”the soul of goodness in things evil;\” by a cheerful trust in human nature; by a strong sense of God’s love; by long and disciplined realization of the atoning love of Christ; only thus can we get a free, manly, large, princely spirit … Read more
He who, with strong
He who, with strong passions, remains chaste–he who, keenly sensitive, with manly power of indignation in him, can yet restrain himself and forgive–these are strong men, spiritual heroes. Frederick William Robertson
What we are, and
What we are, and where we are, is God’s providential arrange ment — God’s doing, though it may be man’s misdoing; and the manly and the wise way is to look your disadvantages in the face, and see what can be made out of them. Frederick William Robertson
Allow me to say
Allow me to say how manly and humanly great of you I think this is. Your courageous and firm intervention have met with nothing but recognition throughout the entire world. I congratulate you for all you have given anew to the German nation by crushing the intended second revolution. Franz von Papen
When the masculine mystique
When the masculine mystique is pulling boys and men out into the world to growl manly noises at one another, the only power with astronger pull on the male psyche is maternally induced guilt. The guilt is quite necessary for our moral development, but it is often uncomfortable. Frank Pittman