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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.
If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?
If a man constantly aspires is he not elevated?
I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of read more
I am the inferior of any man whose rights I trample under foot. Men are not superior by reason of the accidents of race or color. They are superior who have the best heart--the best brain. The superior man ... stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.
The rank is but the guinea's stamp,
The man's the gowd for a' that.
The rank is but the guinea's stamp,
The man's the gowd for a' that.
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.
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?
Man is a piece of the universe made alive.
Man is a piece of the universe made alive.
If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not read more
If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
A man's only as old as the woman he feels.
A man's only as old as the woman he feels.