2,613 Quotes About Man

Put first things first and we get second things thrown in:Put second things first and we lose both first things and second things.

One of the most important things a man must bear in mind is this very thing - that he owes his fellow a transforming encounter.

Man is a marble piece; unlike Michelangelo's masterpieces, man is unconsciously carved and imperfectly shaped by the nature!

Be the type of man a wife would cherish and a child would admire.

Para um homem, a mulher é como uma pintura ou uma estátua clássica. Ele escolhe uma e leva para casa, esperando que combine com a mobília existente lá.

Men will not look at things as they really are, but as they wish them to be--and are ruined.

The sublime can only be found in the great subjects. Poetry, history and philosophy all have the same object, and a very great object—Man and Nature. Philosophy describes and depicts Nature. Poetry paints and embellishes it. It also paints men, it aggrandizes them, it exaggerates them, it creates heroes and gods. History only depicts man, and paints him such as he is.

The true nature of man left to himself without restraint is not nobility but savagery.

Really, this people, only yesterday so intelligent and discerning, seem to have been overcome by a disease of the mind