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Man Quotes by A. E. Housman
- If a man will comprehend the richness and variety of the universe, and inspire his mind with a due measure of wonder and awe, he…
- Why, if 'tis dancing you would be, There's brisker pipes than poetry. Say, for what were hop-yards meant, Or why was Burton built on Trent?…
- They say my verse is sad: no wonder; Its narrow measure spans Tears of eternity, and sorrow, Not mine. but man's.
- His folly has not fellow Beneath the blue of day That gives to man or woman His heart and soul away.
- The average man, if he meddles with criticism at all, is a conservative critic.
- Hope lies to mortals And most believe her, But man's deceiver Was never mine.
- And how am I to face the odds Of man's bedevilment and God's? I, a stranger and afraid In a world I never made.
- Some men are more interesting than their books but my book is more interesting than its man.
- To justify God's ways to man.
- Housman is one of my heroes and always has been. He was a detestable and miserable man. Arrogant, unspeakably lonely, cruel, and so on, but…
- And malt does more than Milton can to justify God's ways to man.
- Ale, man, ale's the stuff to drink for fellows whom it hurts to think.
- Therefore, since the world has still Much good, but much less good than ill, And while the sun and moon endure Luck's a chance, but…
- When I was one-and-twenty I heard a wise man say, `Give crowns and pounds and guineas But not your heart away; Give pearls away and…
- Because I liked you better Than suits a man to say, It irked you, and I promised I'd throw the thought away. To put the…
- Could man be drunk for ever    With liquor, love, or fights, Lief should I rouse at morning    And lief…
- The laws of God, the laws of man he may keep that will and can; not I: let God and man decree laws for themselves…
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- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- A man can die but once. — William Shakespeare
- Government has come to be a trade, and is managed solely on commercial principles. A man plunges into politics to make his… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle