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If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds’ worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that’s in it,
And⁠—which is more⁠—you’ll be a Man, my son!
Rudyard Kipling1865–1936If— (1910)In context
- Character
- Time
Oh, East is East, and West is West, and never the twain shall meet,
Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God’s great Judgment Seat;
But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth,
When two strong men stand face to face, tho’ they come from the ends of the earth!
Rudyard Kipling1865–1936The Ballad of East and West (1889)In context
- Courage
A man, at least, is free; he may travel over passions and over countries, overcome obstacles, taste of the most far-away pleasures. But a woman is always hampered.
Gustave Flaubert1821–1880Madame Bovary (1857), Part II, Chapter ThreeIn context
- Freedom
- Women
Man is the vainest of all creatures that have their being upon earth.
Homer900–800 BCThe Odyssey (8th century BC), Book XVIIIIn context
- Pride
“I cannot think well of a man who sports with any woman’s feelings; and there may often be a great deal more suffered than a stander-by can judge of.”
Jane Austen1775–1817Mansfield Park (1814), Chapter XXXVIIn context
- Love
Why didn’t you tell me there was danger in men-folk? Why didn’t you warn me? Ladies know what to fend hands against, because they read novels that tell them of these tricks; but I never had the chance o’ learning in that way, and you did not help me!
Thomas Hardy1840–1928Tess of the d’Urbervilles (1891), Phase the Second: Maiden No More, Chapter XIIIn context
- Reading
Man’s love is of man’s life a thing apart,
’Tis woman’s whole existence
Lord Byron1788–1824Don Juan (1819–1824), Canto the First (2 of 2)In context
- Love
- Women
The truth is I’ve never fooled anyone. I’ve let men sometimes fool themselves.
Marilyn Monroe1926–1962My Story (1974; co-written with Ben Hecht; 2007 edition), p. 133
- Truth & Lies
It is not good that the man should be alone; I will make him an help meet for him.
The Bible (King James Version)Genesis 2:18 (KJV)In context
- Marriage