The reason a man talks is to hide his thoughts.
Halldór Laxness
In the end one is no longer sure which is the greatest evildoer, the man who gets up early or the man who goes to bed late.
beds man theend
To walk home alone at night is a disaster, in novels. Some girls confuse the state of being in love and being lonely, and think they are the former when in fact they are the latter; in love with everyone and no one, just because they are without a man.
disaster man home
The most remarkable thing about man's dreams is that they all come true; this has always been the case, though no one would care to admit it.
dreams man
A man is not independent unless he has the courage to stand alone.
man
Yes, it is a painful lot to be a poet and to love both God and man by the farthest northern seas!
There's no creature on earth so despicable and loathsome as a rich man with a conscience.
conscience man
A married man has only one duty towards his wife in order to make her happy, and that is to ensure that she is constantly pregnant, and with a child in her arms.
duty man order
It's an honor to be beheaded. Even a little churl becomes a man by being beheaded.
honor man
A man's conscience is an unsteady judge of right and wrong.
rights wrongs conscience man
When has human fortune ever been regarded as something better than a crime, or been enjoyed in any other way than in secret, directly contrary to the laws of God and man?
fortune crime man
In actual fact, no man is honest when sober; in actual fact, you cannot believe a single word that a sober man says. I wish I were drunk myself.
Mine is a bad doctrine. And, what's more, I cannot substantiate my doctrine. The man who has the best doctrine is the one who can prove that he has the most to eat; and good shoes. I have neither, and live in a dugout.
Philosophy and theology have no effect on him, much less plain common sense. Impossible to convince this man by arguments. But humor he always listens to, even though it be ill humor. A typical Icelander, perhaps.
funny humor philosophy man
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