Famous quotes containing the words man and/or charged:
“He that would be a great man must learn to turn every accident to some advantage.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)
“God, who gave to him the lyre,
Of all mortals the desire,
For all breathing men’s behoof,
Straitly charged him, “Sit aloof;”
Annexed a warning, poets say,
To the bright premium,—
Ever, when twain together play,
Shall the harp be dumb.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)