Man is the only creature we know, that, when the term of his natural life is ended, leaves the memory of himself behind him.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Man is the only creature whose emotions are entangled with his memory.
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 a creative retrospection of nature upon itself.
Man is the creature of circumstances.
How little remains of the man I once was, save the memory of him! But remembering is only a new form of suffering.
History is a people's memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals.
The nature of the human mind is such that unless it is stimulated by images of things acting upon it from without, all remembrance of them passes easily away.
A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the 'why' for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any 'how.'
What is man without the beasts? For if all the beast were gone, man would die of a great loneliness of the spirit.
He who has gone, so we but cherish his memory, abides with us, more potent, nay, more present than the living man.