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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.
If there is True Evil in this World, it Lies in the Heart of Mankind
If there is True Evil in this World, it Lies in the Heart of Mankind
All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions.
All these primary impulses, not easily described in words, are the springs of man's actions.
Let each man think himself an act of God.
His mind a thought, his life a breath of God.
Let each man think himself an act of God.
His mind a thought, his life a breath of God.
If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?
If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?
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.
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 that I care to know is that a man is a human being--that is enough for me; he can't read more
All that I care to know is that a man is a human being--that is enough for me; he can't be any worse.
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.