A. E. Housman Quotes, Science Quotes, Men Quotes

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 must contemplate the human intellect not only on its heights of genius but in its abysses of ineptitude.

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She says I am not fair, that I lack manners; She calls me proud, and that she could not love me, Were man as rare as Phoenix.

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That man's the true Conservative who lops the moldered branch away.

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By experts in poverty I do not mean sociologists, but poor men.

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Every human being has the right to ask the reason, why, and to have his question answered by himself, if he only takes the trouble.

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Can it be that there is not enough space for man in this beautiful world, under those immeasurable, starry heavens?

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Ah, lives of men! When prosperous they glitter - Like a fair picture; when misfortune comes - A wet sponge at one blow has blurred the painting.

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Outside and above the mind there is the play of a consciousness which is lighted by the higher Truth, but man is not conscious of it and of that he has to be conscious.

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I long for scenes where man has never trod;... There to abide with my Creator, God.

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Here is bread, which strengthens man's heart, and therefore is called the staff of Life.

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There is a saying in Tibetan that "at the door of the miserable rich man sleeps the contented beggar". The point of this saying is not that poverty is a virtue, but that happiness does not come with wealth, but from setting limits to one's desires, and living within those limits with satisfaction.

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To aim to convert a man by miracles is a profanation of the soul. A true conversion, a true Christ, is now, as always, to be madeby the reception of beautiful sentiments.

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Men, my brothers, men the workers, ever reaping something new.

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How many seemingly impossible things have been accomplished by resolute men because they had to do, or die?

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He is the truly courageous man who never desponds.

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As man, as beast, as an ephemeral fly begets, Godhead begets Godhead, For things below are copies, the Great Smaragdine Tablet said. Yet all must copy copies, all increase their kind.

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In a word, acts of any kind produce habits or characters of the same kind. Hence we ought to make sure that our acts are of a certain kind; for the resulting character varies as they vary. It makes no small difference, therefore, whether a man be trained in his youth up in this way or that, but a great difference, or rather all the difference.

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A man is not learned until he can read, write and swim.

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Every man is born an original, but sadly, most men die copies.

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A presidential campaign may easily degenerate into a mere personal contest, and so lose its real dignity. There is no indispensable man.

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