Thou madest man, he knows not ...

Thou madest man, he knows not why, he thinks he was not made to die.
Thou madest man, he knows not why, he thinks he was not made to die.
 Alfred Lord Tennyson

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If a man watches three football games in a row, he should be declared legally dead.
The truth is not for all men, but only for those who seek it.
A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.
Each man has his own vocation; his talent is his call. There is one direction in which all space is open to him.
The superior man is modest in his speech but exceeds in his actions.

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Men may come and men may go but I go on forever.
 Alfred Lord Tennyson
Man is the hunter; women are the game; those sleek and shining creatures of the chase. We hunt them for the beauty of their skins; they love us for it, and we ride them down.
 Alfred Lord Tennyson
If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.
 Alfred Lord Tennyson
Happy he With such a mother! faith in womankind Beats with his blood, and trust in all things high Comes easy to him; and tho' he trip and fall, He shall not blind his soul with clay.
 Alfred Lord Tennyson
O son, thou hast not true humility, The highest virtue, mother of them all; But her thou hast not know; for what is this? Thou thoughtest of thy prowess and thy sins Thou hast not lost thyself to save thyself.
 Alfred Lord Tennyson