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Men are men before they are lawyers, or physicians, or merchants, or manufacturers; and if you make them capable and read more
Men are men before they are lawyers, or physicians, or merchants, or manufacturers; and if you make them capable and sensible men, they will make themselves capable and sensible lawyers or physicians.
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with read more
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.rn
There is a great deal of human nature in man.
There is a great deal of human nature in man.
The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men read more
The superior man is distressed by the limitations of his ability; he is not distressed by the fact that men do not recognize the ability that he has.
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
A prince can mak a belted knight,
A marquis, duke, and a' that;
But an honest man's read more
A prince can mak a belted knight,
A marquis, duke, and a' that;
But an honest man's aboon his might:
Guid faith, he maunna fa' that.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
Value of a man depends upon his courage; his veracity depends upon his self-respect and his chastity depends upon his read more
Value of a man depends upon his courage; his veracity depends upon his self-respect and his chastity depends upon his sense of honor.
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.
