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There is a great deal of human nature in man.
There is a great deal of human nature in man.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
The measure of a man is what he does with power.
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.
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 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.
Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth.
And Nathan said to David, Thou art the Man.
And Nathan said to David, Thou art the Man.
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of
that man is peace.
Mark the perfect man, and behold the upright: for the end of
that man is peace.
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.