You May Also Like / View all maxioms
For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,
Or what's a heaven for?
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,
Or what's a heaven for?
Man is a piece of the universe made alive.
Man is a piece of the universe made alive.
A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
Man only,--rash, refined, presumptuous Man--
Starts from his rank, and mars Creation's plan!
Born the free heir read more
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.
Man is the nobler growth our realms supply
And souls are ripened in our northern sky.
Man is the nobler growth our realms supply
And souls are ripened in our northern sky.
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.
Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.
Wherever a man turns he can find someone who needs him.
Men are men before they are lawyers, or physicians, or merchants, or manufacturers; and if you make them capable and read more
Men are men before they are lawyers, or physicians, or merchants, or manufacturers; and if you make them capable and sensible men, they will make themselves capable and sensible lawyers or physicians.