Only well-written works will descend to posterity. Fulness of knowledge, interesting facts, even useful inventions, are no pledge of immortality, for they may be employed by more skilful hands; they are outside the man; the style is the man himself. Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon
Only well-written works will descend to posterity. Fulness of knowledge, interesting facts, even useful inventions, are no pledge of immortality, for they may be employed by more skilful hands; they are outside the man; the style is the man himself.
The infinite! No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man. David Hilbert
The infinite! No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man.
Man is pre-eminently endowed with the power of voluntarily and consciously determining his own point of view. Ernst Mach
Man is pre-eminently endowed with the power of voluntarily and consciously determining his own point of view.
Nothing in the world is easier in the United States than to accuse a black man of crime. W. E. B. Du Bois
Nothing in the world is easier in the United States than to accuse a black man of crime.
Ordinary people merely think how they shall 'spend' their time; a man of talent tries to 'use' it. Arthur Schopenhauer
Ordinary people merely think how they shall 'spend' their time; a man of talent tries to 'use' it.
My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don't need another plaque. Denzel Washington
My mother used to tell me man gives the award, God gives the reward. I don't need another plaque.
I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he'd be dead within a year. Bette Davis
I'd marry again if I found a man who had fifteen million dollars, would sign over half to me, and guarantee that he'd be dead within a year.
Man cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up. Vision Samuel Smile
Man cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up. Vision
I don't want to just revolve. I want to evolve. As a man, as a human, as a father, as a lover. Matthew McConaughey
I don't want to just revolve. I want to evolve. As a man, as a human, as a father, as a lover.
No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks. Mary Wollstonecraft
No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.
Let woman share the rights and she will emulate the virtues of man; for she must grow more perfect when emancipated ... Mary Wollstonecraft
Let woman share the rights and she will emulate the virtues of man; for she must grow more perfect when emancipated ...
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life. Charles Darwin
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.
