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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.
All sorts and conditions of men.
All sorts and conditions of men.
Thou wilt scarce be a man before thy mother.
Thou wilt scarce be a man before thy mother.
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 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 man's only as old as the woman he feels.
A man's only as old as the woman he feels.
The only difference between men and boys is the cost of their toys.
The only difference between men and boys is the cost of their toys.
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.
A prince can mak a belted knight,
A marquis, duke, and a' that;
But an honest man's read more
A prince can mak a belted knight,
A marquis, duke, and a' that;
But an honest man's aboon his might:
Guid faith, he maunna fa' that.
