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Thou wilt scarce be a man before thy mother.
Thou wilt scarce be a man before thy mother.
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.
Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.
Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.
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.
Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.
Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.
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.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
The world has been made by fools that men should live in it
The world has been made by fools that men should live in it