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Man's rich with little, were his judgment true; Nature is frugal, and her wants are few
These few wants, answer'd bring sincere delights; But fools create themselves new appetites....
Man stagnates if he has no ambition,...
Man steps in with a terminal grin... blue skies turn to grey...
Man's unique agony as a species consists in his perpetual conflict between the desire to stand out and the need to blend in.
-- Sydney J. Harri...
Man's unique reward, however, is that while animals survive by adjusting themselves to their background, man survives by adjusting his background to himself.
If a drought strikes them, animals perish...
Man tends to root for the underdog, because he fears that he will find himself in that same position far too often.
-- Michael S. Rosenberg...
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble. -- Old Testament -- Job xvi, 1
Man - the Animal That Simulates Realty and Believes His Simulation.
-- JC Lilly, Simulations of God...
MAN: The only animal who can play scrabble!!
Man: There is nothing more miserable and more arrogant.

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