On the earth, satellite of a star speeding through space, living things had arisen under the influence of conditions which were part of the planet's history; and as there had been a beginning of life upon it, so, under the influence of other conditions, there would be an end: man, no more significant than other forms of life, had come not as the climax of creation but as a physical reaction to the environment.
W. Somerset MaughamMots clés life man human earth
But maybe a man was nothing but a man, which is what Baby Suggs always said. They encouraged you to put some of your weight in their hands and soon as you felt how light and lovely that was, they studied your scars and tribulations, after which they did what he had done: ran her children out and tore up the house.
[...]
A man ain't nothing but a man,' said Baby Suggs. 'But a son? Well now, that's somebody.
Mots clés man
The solar system is off center and consequently man is too ...
Harlow ShapleyMots clés man solar-system
A mans manners are a mirror in which he shows his portrait.
Johann Wolfgang von GoetheMots clés man manners portrait
A sense of humour is the only divine quality of man
Arthur SchopenhauerMots clés man god humour sense divine houmor
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A man who is not a father to his children can never be a real man,
Mario PuzoMots clés man children real father
Ye may kill for yourselves, and your mates, and your cubs as they need, and ye can;
But kill not for pleasure of killing, and seven times never kill Man!
Mots clés man blood-and-chocolate rudyard-kipling
They're butterflies because...well, he thought it was cool. They eat humans.
Katsura HoshinoMots clés humor man humans butterflies cool canibals d-gray teez tyki-mikk
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN! YOU'VE READ ABOUT IT IN THE NEWSPAPERS! NOW, SHUDDER AS YOU OBSERVE, BEFORE YOUR VERY EYES, THAT MOST RAREAND RAGIC OF NATURE'S MISTAKES!
I GIVE YOU...
THE AVERAGE MAN!
PHYSICALLY
UNREMARKABLE
, IT HAS
INSTEAD
A DEFORMED SET OF
VALUES.
NOTICE THE
HIDEOUSLY BLOATED
SENSE OF
HUMANITY'S IMPORTANCE.
THE CLUB-FOOTED
SOCIAL CONSCIENCE
AND THE
WITHERED OPTIMISM.
IT'S CERTAINLY NOT FOR THE
SQUEAMISH
IS IT?
MOST
REPULSIVE
OF
ALL
, ARE ITS
FRAIL
AND
USELESS
NOTIONS OF
ORDER
AND
SANITY.
IF TOO MUCH
WEIGHT
IS PLACED UPON THEM...
... THEY
SNAP.
HOW DOES IT
LIVE
, I HEAR YOU ASK?
HOW DOES THIS POOR, PATHETIC SPECIMEN
SURVIVE
IN TODAY'S
HARSH
AND
IRRATIONAL
WORLD?
THE SAD ANSWER
IS
'NOT VERY
WELL.
Look at all the things that can go wrong for men. There’s the nothing-happening-at-all problem, the too-much-happening-too-soon problem, the dismal-droop-after-a-promising-beginning problem; there’s the size-doesn’t-matter-except-in-my-case problem, the failing-to-deliver-the-goods problem…and what do women have to worry about? A handful of cellulite? Join the club. A spot of I-wonder-how-I-rank? Ditto.
Nick HornbyMots clés humor man men sex humour high-fidelity nick-hornby nick hornby manliness manly
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