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Silver is the king's stamp; man God's stamp, and a woman is man's stamp; we are not current till we pass from one man to another. - John Webster, Northward Ho (I, 186), (Hazlitt's edition) Man, considered not merely as an organized being, but as a rational agent and a member of society, is perhaps the most wonderfully contrived, and to us the most interesting specimen of Divine wisdom that we have any knowledge of. - Archbishop Richard Whately A man is a great thing upon the earth and through eternity; but every jot of the greatness of man is unfolded out of woman. - Walt Whitman I am an acme of thing accomplished, and I am encloser of things to be. - Walt Whitman, Song of Myself (44) Man is more than constitutions. - John Greenleaf Whittier When faith is lost, when honor dies, The man is dead! - John Greenleaf Whittier, Ichabod (st. 8) The soul of man createth its own destiny of power; and as the trial is intenser here, his being hath a nobler strength in heaven. - Nathaniel Parker Willis I weigh the man, not his title: 'tis not the king's inscription can make the metal better or heavier. - William Wycherley, Plain Dealer (act I, sc. 1) Poor pensioner on the bounty of an hour. - Edward Young How poor, how rich, how abject, how august, How complicate, how wonderful, is man! How passing wonder He, who made him such! - Edward Young, Night Thoughts (night I, l. 68) Ah! how unjust to nature, and himself, Is thoughtless, thankless, inconsistent man. - Edward Young, Night Thoughts (night II, l. 112) Displaying page 12 of 12 for this topic: << Prev 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 [12]
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