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Man is a universe within himself.
Man is a universe within himself.
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.
A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.
A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.
Man is a political animal by nature; he is a scientist by chance or choice; he is a moralist because read more
Man is a political animal by nature; he is a scientist by chance or choice; he is a moralist because he is a man.
You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.
You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us.
All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions.
All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions.
A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.
A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.
Where the virgins are soft as the roses they twine,
And all, save the spirit of man, is divine?
Where the virgins are soft as the roses they twine,
And all, save the spirit of man, is divine?
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with read more
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.rn