Home » Quote » Ptolemy » „Everything that is hard to attain is easily assailed by the generality of men.“ „Everything that is hard to attain is easily assailed by the generality of men.“ — Ptolemy Tags:Men Related quotes „Generally speaking, punishment makes men hard and cold; it concentrates; it sharpens the feeling of alienation; it strengthens the power of resistance.“ — Friedrich Nietzsche „Sincerity is the way of Heaven. The attainment of sincerity is the way of men.“ — Confucius „Women want mediocre men, and men are working hard to be as mediocre as possible.“ — Margaret Mead „Our enemies are Medes and Persians, men who for centuries have lived soft and luxurious lives; we of Macedon for generations past have been trained in the hard school of danger and war.“ — Alexander the Great