WHAT IS MAN? SOME FAMOUS QUOTES
There are too many quotes on man. All are meaningful.
Literally man is an adult male human. The plural of human is humans.
Humans are also animals but with a difference. They can think
and are motivated not only by instincts but also by intellect and logic.
Animals are motivated only by instincts.
Moreover, unlike humans, they lack moral sense.
Given below are a few famous quotes about man/men.
(i).Man is
an animal; but he is an animal plus something else. He is a mystic earth-tree,
whose roots are in the ground, but whose top-most branches may blossom in the
heavens. ---Henry George, American political economist (1839-1897).
(ii). Man is
a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal. ----Alexander Hamilton, American
statesman, died 12 July 1802.
(iii). Every
man is a volume, if you know how to read him. ---Channing, W.E. American clergy
(1780-1842).
(iv). An
honest man is the noblest work of God.---Alexander Pope, English poet
(1688-1744).
(v). The
test of every religious, political, or educational system is the man which it
forms. ---Amiel, Henry Frederic, Swiss
philosopher (1821-81).
(vi). One
cannot be a hero, but one can always be a man. ---Goethe, American poet and
philosopher (1749-1832).
(vii). Man
perfected by society is the best of all animals; he is the most terrible of all
when he lives without law, and without justice. ---Aristotle, Greek philosopher
(384 BC-322BC).
(viii).
There are but three classes of men, the retrograde, the stationary, and the
progressive. ---John Caspar Lavater, Swiss theologian (1741-1801).
(ix). The
way of a superior man is threefold: virtuous, he is free from anxieties; wise,
he is free from perplexities; bold, he is free from fear.---Confucius, Chinese
philosopher (551BCE-479 BCE).
Finally, this is what The English
poet-dramatist William Shakespeare (1564-1616) said in his play Hamlet through
Prince Hamlet:
“What a piece of work is man ! How
noble in reason ! How infinite in faculties ! In form and moving, how express
and admirable ! In action, how like an angel ! In apprehension, how like a god
!
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G.R.Kanwal
4th December 2024
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