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The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.
The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.
Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that
ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as read more
Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that
ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you:
quit yourselves like men, and fight.
Man is the nobler growth our realms supply
And souls are ripened in our northern sky.
Man is the nobler growth our realms supply
And souls are ripened in our northern sky.
I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the read more
I know a man who gave up smoking, drinking, sex, and rich food. He was healthy right up to the time he killed himself.
"Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail,
"There's a porpoise close behind us, and read more
"Will you walk a little faster?" said a whiting to a snail,
"There's a porpoise close behind us, and he's treading on my
tail!
See how eagerly the lobsters and the turtles all advance:
They are waiting on the shingle--will you come and join the
dance?"
The man forget not, though in rags he lies,
And know the mortal through a crown's disguise.
The man forget not, though in rags he lies,
And know the mortal through a crown's disguise.
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the read more
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be.
I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of read more
I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of the accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart--the best brain. The superior man ... stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.
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.