MEN QUOTES XIII

quotations about men

The whole shadow of Man is only as big as his hat.

ELIZABETH BISHOP

North & South

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Man is still a predatory animal, and we're only kidding ourselves if we think we're the pinnacle of evolution and civilization.

JELLO BIAFRA

interview, Spin Magazine, February 1986

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There is a great deal of human nature in man.

CHARLES KINGSLEY

At Last


It must be a very weary day to the youth when he first discovers that, after all, he will only become a man.

ARTHUR HELPS

Thoughts in the Cloister and the Crowd

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The Spirit of man is like a kite, which rises by means of those very forces which seem to oppose its rise; the tie that joins it to the earth, the opposing winds of temptation, and the weight of earth-born affections which it carries with it into the sky.

COVENTRY PATMORE

The Rod, the Root, and the Flower

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Man, who wert once a despot and a slave,
A dupe and a deceiver! a decay,
A traveler from the cradle to the grave
Through the dim night of this immortal day.

PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY

Prometheus Unbound

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Man is a means for turning things into spirit and turning spirit into things.

JOHN UPDIKE

Rabbit Redux

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In every real man a child is hidden that wants to play.

FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE

attributed, Family Circle Magazine, August 9, 2005

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