Manly
Having qualities becoming to a man; not childish or womanish; manlike, esp. brave, courageous, resolute, noble.
In a manly manner; with the courage and fortitude of a manly man; as, to act manly.
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Manly Quotations
If a woman possesses manly virtues one should run away from her; and if she does not possess them she runs away from herself.
Friedrich Nietzsche
The man who makes everything that leads to happiness depends upon himself, and not upon other men, has adopted the very best plan for living happily. This is the man of moderation, the man of manly character and of wisdom.
Plato
Obedience to lawful authority is the foundation of manly character.
Robert E. Lee
It is fatal to be a man or woman pure and simple: one must be a woman manly, or a man womanly.
Virginia Woolf
Look not mournfully into the past, it comes not back again. Wisely improve the present, it is thine. Go forth to meet the shadowy future without fear and with a manly heart.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills.
W. E. B. Du Bois
Let us not listen to those who think we ought to be angry with our enemies, and who believe this to be great and manly. Nothing is so praiseworthy, nothing so clearly shows a great and noble soul, as clemency and readiness to forgive.
Marcus Tullius Cicero
Life is too short to be little. Man is never so manly as when he feels deeply, acts boldly, and expresses himself with frankness and with fervor.
Benjamin Disraeli
Come, for my part I will have only those glorious, manly pleasures of being very drunk, and very slovenly.
William Wycherley
Good fellowship and friendship are lasting, rational and manly pleasures.
William Wycherley
Manly Translations
manly in French is masculin
manly in Italian is maschile
manly in Spanish is varonil
manly in Swedish is manlig
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