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Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the read more
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps, for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be.
To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am
made all things to read more
To the weak became I as weak, that I might gain the weak: I am
made all things to all men, that I might by all means save some.
If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not read more
If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
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 man is related to all nature.
A man is related to all nature.
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.
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.
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?
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.