“The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.”– Khalil Gibran Related Quotes “Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting in a particular way.”– Aristotle “The theoretical understanding of the world, which is the aim of philosophy, is not a matter of great practical importance to animals, or to savages, or even to most civilised men.”– Bertrand Russell “Too often the great decisions are originated and given form in bodies made up wholly of men, or so completely dominated by them that whatever of special value women have to offer is shunted aside without expression.”– Eleanor Roosevelt