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    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.

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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.

by John Donne Found in: Man Quotes,
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Ye children of man! whose life is a span
Protracted with sorrow from day to day,
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Ye children of man! whose life is a span
Protracted with sorrow from day to day,
Naked and featherless, feeble and querulous,
Sickly, calamitous creatures of clay.

by Aristophanes Found in: Man Quotes,
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Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.rn

Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.rn

by Albert Schweitzer Found in: Man Quotes,
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The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.

The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.

by Sun Tzu Found in: Man Quotes,
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A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint.

A man does not have to be an angel in order to be saint.

by Albert Schweitzer Found in: Man Quotes,
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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.

by Robert Green Ingersoll Found in: Man Quotes,
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A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.

A man who pretends to understand women is bad manners. For him to really to understand them is bad morals.

by Henry James Found in: Man Quotes,
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A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.

A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be.

by Albert Einstein Found in: Man Quotes,
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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.

by Friedrich Nietzsche Found in: Man Quotes,
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