man is only a reed, the weakest thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.

man is only a reed, the weakest thing in nature, but he is a thinking reed.

Man is physically as well as metaphysically a thing of shreds and patches, borrowed unequally from good and bad ancestors, read more

Man is physically as well as metaphysically a thing of shreds and patches, borrowed unequally from good and bad ancestors, and a misfit from the start.

Never to blend our pleasure or our pride
With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels.

Never to blend our pleasure or our pride
With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels.

It is good to be often reminded of the inconsistency of human
nature, and to learn to look without read more

It is good to be often reminded of the inconsistency of human
nature, and to learn to look without wonder or disgust on the
weaknesses which are found in the strongest minds.

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.

When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion.

Everyone is as God made him, and often a great deal worse.

Everyone is as God made him, and often a great deal worse.

Humanity is the sin of God.

Humanity is the sin of God.

He had the uneasy manner of a man who is not among his own kind, and who has not seen read more

He had the uneasy manner of a man who is not among his own kind, and who has not seen enought of the world to feel that all people are in some sense his own kind.

Of mankind in general, the parts are greater than the whole.

Of mankind in general, the parts are greater than the whole.