"A man doesn't plant a tree for himself.……" — Alexander Smith
"A man doesn't plant a tree for himself. He plants it for posterity."
More Man Quotes
- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a… — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let… — Pietro Aretino
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- Hope is the dream of a waking man. — Aristotle
- Man is by nature a political animal. — Aristotle
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short… — Aristotle
- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle