Famous quotes containing the words man and/or charged:
“Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives.”
—Oscar Wilde (1854–1900)
“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)