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Man is the measure of all things, of things that are that they are, and of things that are not that they are not.
-- Protagoras of Adera (481-411 B.C.)?...
Man is the nobler growth our realms supply, And souls are ripened in our northern sky.
-- Mrs. Barbauld (1743-1825) -- The Invitatio...
Man is the only animal that blushes. Or needs to. -- Mark Twai
Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.
-- Samuel Butler (1835-1902)...
Man is the only animal that contemplates death, and also the only animal that shows any sign of doubt of its finality.
-- William Ernest Hocking...
Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature. -- Samuel Butle
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be.
-- William Hazli...
Man is the only creature endowed with the power of laughte
is he not the only one that deserves to be laughed at? -- Grenville...
Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is. -- Albert Camu
Man is the only one that knows nothing, that can learn nothing without being taught.
He can neither speak nor walk nor eat, and in short he can do nothing at the prompting of nature only, but weep....

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