Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources / Including Phrases, Mottoes, Maxims, Proverbs, Definitions, Aphorisms, and Sayings of Wise Men, in Their Bearing on Life, Literature, Speculation, Science, Art, Religion, and Morals, Especially in the Modern Aspects of Them

by Rev. James Wood

Man is a darkened being; he knows not whence he comes, nor whither he goes; he knows little of the world and least of himself. Goethe.

Man is a fallen god, who remembers heaven, his former dwelling-place. Lamartine.

Man is a forked radish with head fantastically carved. Swift.

Man is a forked straddling animal with bandy legs. Swift.

Man is a military animal, / Glories in gunpowder 40 and loves parade. P. J. Bailey.

Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave. Sir T. Browne.

Man is a poetical animal, and delights in fiction. Hazlitt.

Man is a spirit, and bound by invisible bonds to all men. Carlyle.

Man is a stream whose source is hidden. Emerson.

Man is a substance clad in shadows. John 45 Sterling.