“Men show their character in nothing more clearly than what they think laughable.”– Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Related Quotes “Men become accustomed to poison by degrees.”– Victor Hugo “A strong hatred is the best lamp to bear in our hands as we go over the dark places of life, cutting away the dead things men tell us to revere.”– Rebecca West “Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.”– Marcus Tullius Cicero