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An inadvertent step may crush the snail
That crawls at evening in the public path.
But he read more
An inadvertent step may crush the snail
That crawls at evening in the public path.
But he that has humanity, forewarned,
Will turn aside and let the reptile live.
There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.
There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.
If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for read more
If I seem to boast more than is becoming, my excuse is that I brag for humanity rather than for myself.
Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable read more
Every man is more than just himself; he also represents the unique, the very special and always significant and remarkable point at which the world's phenomena intersect, only once in this way, and never again.
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.
Man's most valuable trait Is a judicious sense of what not to believe.
Man's most valuable trait Is a judicious sense of what not to believe.
W'en you see a man in woe,
Walk right up and say "hullo."
Say "hullo" and "how read more
W'en you see a man in woe,
Walk right up and say "hullo."
Say "hullo" and "how d'ye do,"
"How's the world a-usin' you?"
. . . .
W'en you travel through the strange
Country t'other side the range,
Then the souls you've cheered will know
Who you be, an' say "hullo."
Man must realize his own unimportance before he can appreciate his importance.
Man must realize his own unimportance before he can appreciate his importance.
We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings.
We cannot despair of humanity, since we ourselves are human beings.