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And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:
and let them have dominion over read more
And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness:
and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the
fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and
over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in the
grave.
Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in the
grave.
Thou wilt scarce be a man before thy mother.
Thou wilt scarce be a man before thy mother.
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.
Find me a man who's interesting enough to have dinner with and I'll be happy.
Find me a man who's interesting enough to have dinner with and I'll be happy.
It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.
It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good.
There never was such beauty in another man.
Nature made him, and then broke the mould.
[Fr., read more
There never was such beauty in another man.
Nature made him, and then broke the mould.
[Fr., Non e un si bello in tante altre persone,
Natura il fece, e poi roppa la stampa.]
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.
All sorts and conditions of men.
All sorts and conditions of men.