A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is brave five minutes longer. Votes: 1
Ralph Waldo EmersonThe worst misfortune that can happen to an ordinary man is to have an extraordinary father. Votes: 1
Austin O'MalleyThe ordinary man casts a shadow in a way we do not quite understand. The man of genius casts light. Votes: 1
George SteinerWar - the ordinary man's most convenient means of escaping from the ordinary. Votes: 0
Philip CaputoTrue art is the intermediary between man's ordinary nature and his higher potentialities. Votes: 0
E. F. SchumacherAn ordinary man gets arrogant with beauty, conceited with knowledge and ruthless with power. Votes: 0
Amit KalantriFor a man who is in love with the existence, nothing is ordinary in life! Votes: 0
Mehmet Murat ildanA genius does what he masters. An ordinary man tries to master what he does. Votes: 0
Mokokoma MokhonoanaEvery man, in his own opinion, forms an exception to the ordinary rules of morality. Votes: 0
William HazlittA man will blithely do in politics what he would kick a man downstairs for in ordinary life. Votes: 0
Archibald Primrose, 5th Earl of RoseberyAll that makes a lunatic are the very ordinary ideas of mankind shut up inside a man's head. Votes: 0
Louis-Ferdinand CelineThe calculus of utility aims at supplying the ordinary wants of man at the least cost of labour. Votes: 0
William Stanley JevonsOrdinary people merely think how they shall 'spend' their time; a man of talent tries to 'use' it. Votes: 0
Arthur Schopenhauer