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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.
What the superior man seeks is in himself. What the mean man seeks is in others.
What the superior man seeks is in himself. What the mean man seeks is in others.
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?
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.
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.
A man is related to all nature.
A man is related to all nature.
A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
A man is great by deeds, not by birth.
The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are.
The ablest man I ever met is the man you think you are.
