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    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.

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The only difference between men and boys is the cost of their toys.

The only difference between men and boys is the cost of their toys.

by Unknown Author Found in: Man Quotes,
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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.

by Unattributed Author Found in: Man Quotes,
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Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.

Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.

by Alexander Hamilton Found in: Man Quotes,
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Man is the nobler growth our realms supply
And souls are ripened in our northern sky.

Man is the nobler growth our realms supply
And souls are ripened in our northern sky.

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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.

by John Donne Found in: Man Quotes,
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The men that is now is only all palaver and what they can get out of you.

The men that is now is only all palaver and what they can get out of you.

by James Joyce Found in: Man Quotes,
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But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him
a man after his own heart, and read more

But now thy kingdom shall not continue: the Lord hath sought him
a man after his own heart, and the Lord hath commanded him to be
captain over his people, because thou hast not kept that which
the Lord commanded thee.

by Bible Found in: Man Quotes,
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Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.

Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.

by Albert Camus Found in: Man Quotes,
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The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.

The skilful employer of men will employ the wise man, the brave man, the covetous man, and the stupid man.

by Sun Tzu Found in: Man Quotes,
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