No man is an island entire of itself; every man is part of the main ... Any man's death diminishes read more

No man is an island entire of itself; every man is part of the main ... Any man's death diminishes me because I am involved in mankind, and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee.

Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.

Equality consists in the same treatment of similar persons.

Man only,--rash, refined, presumptuous Man--
Starts from his rank, and mars Creation's plan!
Born the free heir read more

Man only,--rash, refined, presumptuous Man--
Starts from his rank, and mars Creation's plan!
Born the free heir of nature's wide domain,
To art's strict limits bounds his narrow'd reign;
Resigns his native rights for meaner things,
For Faith and Fetters, Laws and Priests and Kings.

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.

All the people like us are we, And everyone else is They.

All the people like us are we, And everyone else is They.

Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes.

Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes.

I would rather have an inferiority complex and be pleasantly surprised, than have a superiority complex and be rudely awakened.

I would rather have an inferiority complex and be pleasantly surprised, than have a superiority complex and be rudely awakened.

That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given read more

That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent.

A man is related to all nature.

A man is related to all nature.