“Once men are caught up in an event, they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men.”– Antoine de Saint-Exupery Related Quotes “Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude.”– Arthur Schopenhauer “Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives’ mouths.”– Bertrand Russell “Nothing is as peevish and pedantic as men’s judgments of one another.”– Desiderius Erasmus