The progressive development of man is vitally dependent on invention.
The only very marked difference between the average civilized man and the average savage is that the one is gilded and the other painted.
The mightier man, the mightier is the thing That makes him honour’d, or begets him hate; For greatest scandal waits on greatest state.
The mediation by the serpent was necessary: Evil can seduce man, but cannot become man.
The measure of a man is not his intelligence. It is not how high he rises in the freak establishment. The measure of a man is this: how swiftly can he react to another person’s need? And how much of himself can he give?
The man who will use his skill and constructive imagination to see how much he can give for a dollar, instead of how little he can give for a dollar, is bound to succeed.
The man to whom life is alien, who is incapable of living, nothing else remains for him, but to become an official.[Kому чужда жизнь, кто неспособен к ней, тому больше ничего не остается, как стать чиновником.]
The man or nation of high culture may acknowledge to great lengths the restraints imposed by conventions and honour, but beyond a certain point primitive will or desire cannot be curbed.
The love of only one man or one woman is an enclosure.
The little man is still a man.
The less secure a man is, the more likely he is to have extreme prejudice.
The learned man knows that he is ignorant.
