—Victor Hugo.
1209
MAN—ASSUMPTIONS OF.
O, but man, proud man!
Dress'd in a little brief authority;
Most ignorant of what he's most assured.
—Shakespeare.
1210
I've learned to judge of men by their own deeds,
I do not make the accident of birth
The standard of their merit.
1211
MAN.
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 appearance how like a god!
The beauty of the world! the paragon of animals!