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.

Man is a piece of the universe made alive.

Man is a piece of the universe made alive.

A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.

A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.

Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.

Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.

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.

Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.

Man is most nearly himself when he achieves the seriousness of a child at play.

Ye children of man! whose life is a span
Protracted with sorrow from day to day,
Naked read more

Ye children of man! whose life is a span
Protracted with sorrow from day to day,
Naked and featherless, feeble and querulous,
Sickly, calamitous creatures of clay.

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?

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.