Monkeys are superior to men in this: when a monkey looks into a mirror, he sees a monkey.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The surest way to make a monkey of a man is to quote him.
I confess freely to you, I could never look long upon a monkey, without very mortifying reflections.
Poetry, it is often said and loudly so, is life's true mirror. But a monkey looking into a work of literature looks in vain for Socrates.
The responses of the baby monkey are very similar to those of a human baby.
As the most social apes, we inhabit a mirror-world in which every important relationship, whether with spouse, friend or child, shapes the brain, which in turn shapes our relationships.
We ape, we mimic, we mock. We act.
Looking in the mirror is very strange; we see only what we choose to see, good or bad.
Men seem unable to feel equal to women: they must be superior or they are inferior.
Have you ever noticed when you look in a mirror, unless you're really depressed or something, the person in the mirror generally looks a little more competent, a little more curious, a little more intelligent than you actually feel yourself to be? They often look more interesting and more soulful.
The most perfect ape cannot draw an ape; only man can do that; but, likewise, only man regards the ability to do this as a sign of superiority.