Quotes
Quotes about Man
There is no more miserable human being than one in whom nothing is habitual but indecision.
I never thrust my nose into other men's porridge. It is no bread and butter of mine: Every man for himself and God for us all.
When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. We hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness--That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive to these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such Principles and and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness. . . .
I'll never Be such a gosling to obey instinct, but stand As is a man were author of himself And knew no other kin.
Independence is essential for permanent but fatal to immediate success.
Think how many blameless lives are brightened by the blazing indiscretions of other people.
I find that a man is as old as his work. If his work keeps him from moving forward, he will look forward with the work. - Wisdom for Our Time.
Individuality is the aim of political liberty. By leaving to the citizen as much freedom of action and of being, as comports with order and the rights of others, the institutions render him truly a freeman. He is left to pursue his means of happiness in his own manner.
The individual, man as a man, man as a brain, if you like, interests me more than what he makes, because I've noticed that most artists only repeat themselves.
One does not kill oneself for love of a woman, but because loveâany loveâ reveals us in our nakedness, our misery, our vulnerability, our nothingness.
Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe. -Albert Einstein.
How is the human race going to survive now that the cost of living has gone up two dollars a quart?
The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency. The second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity. Both bring a permanent ruin.
God in making man intended by him to reduce all His Works back again to Himself.
The work an unknown good man has done is like a vein of water flowing hidden underground, secretly making the ground green.
So when a great man dies, For years beyond our ken, The light he leaves behind him lies Upon the paths of men.
Earth produces nothing worse than an ungrateful man. [Lat., Nil homine terra pejus ingrato creat.]
That man may last, but never lives, Who much receives, but nothing gives; Whom none can love, whom none can thank,-- Creation's blot, creation's blank.
A man is very apt to complain of the ingratitude of those who have risen far above him.
Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude: Thy tooth is not so keen, Because thou art not seen, Although thy breath be rude.
This was the most unkindest cut of all; For when the noble Caesar saw him stab, Ingratitude, more strong than traitor's arms, Quite vanquished him. Then burst his mighty heart; And in his mantle muffling up his face, Even at the base of Pompey's statue (Which all the while ran blood) great Caesar fell.
I hate ingratitude more in a man Than lying, vainness, babbling, drunkenness, Or any taint of vie whose strong corruption Inhabits our frail blood.
One ungrateful man does an injury to all who are suffering. [Lat., Ingratus unus miseris omnibus nocet.]
Wit's an unruly engine, wildly striking Sometimes a friend, sometimes the engineer: Hast thou the knack? pamper it not with liking; But if thou want it, buy it not too deare Many affecting wit beyond their power, Have got to be a deare fool for an houre.
Abuse a man unjustly and you will make friends for him.
