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The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men read more
The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.
No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.
Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that
ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as read more
Be strong, and quit yourselves like men, O ye Philistines, that
ye be not servants unto the Hebrews, as they have been to you:
quit yourselves like men, and fight.
Ye children of man! whose life is a span
Protracted with sorrow from day to day,
Naked read more
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.
The first man is of the earth,
earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
The first man is of the earth,
earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
There is nothing enduring in life for a woman except what she builds in a man's heart
There is nothing enduring in life for a woman except what she builds in a man's heart
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.
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.
