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A great man is the man who does something for the first time.
A great man is the man who does something for the first time.
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.
Thou wilt scarce be a man before thy mother.
Thou wilt scarce be a man before thy mother.
All sorts and conditions of men.
All sorts and conditions of men.
Man is a political animal by nature; he is a scientist by chance or choice; he is a moralist because read more
Man is a political animal by nature; he is a scientist by chance or choice; he is a moralist because he is a man.
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.
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,
Or what's a heaven for?
Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp,
Or what's a heaven for?
A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.
A man can be short and dumpy and getting bald but if he has fire, women will like him.
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.