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Thou wilt scarce be a man before thy mother.
Thou wilt scarce be a man before thy mother.
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?
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.
Man is a piece of the universe made alive.
Man is a piece of the universe made alive.
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.
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.
What the superior man seeks is in himself. What the mean man seeks is in others.
What the superior man seeks is in himself. What the mean man seeks is in others.
A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.
Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.
