Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Man is the only creature that strives to surpass himself, and yearns for the impossible.
Man as a pure animal does not exist.
Man is a special being, and if left to himself, in an isolated condition, would be one of the weakest creatures; but associated with his kind, he works wonders.
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.
Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals.
That man is the noblest creature may also be inferred from the fact that no other creature has yet contested this claim.
Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied.
Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part.
A man is a poor creature compared to a woman.
Man is the creature of circumstances.