Quotes · Skopia

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Play · Tragedy (play)

What a piece of work is a man, how noble in reason, how infinite in faculties, in form and moving how express and admirable; in action how like an angel, in apprehension how like a god: the beauty of the world, the paragon of animals-And yet, to me, what is this quintessence of dust?

William Shakespeare

Hamlet · 1616

★ 7.3

Play · Comedy (play)

How beauteous mankind is! O, brave new world That has such people in 't!

William Shakespeare

The Tempest · 1616

★ 3.8

Sermon · Religious literature

A little, wretched, despicable creature; a worm, a mere nothing, and less than nothing; a vile insect that has risen up in contempt against the majesty of heaven and earth?

Jonathan Edwards

The Justice of God in the Damnation of Sinners · 1734

★ 3.5

Philosophical literature

The significance of man is that he is that part of the universe that asks the question, What is the significance of Man? He alone can stand apart imaginatively and, regarding himself and the universe in their eternal aspects, pronounce a judgement. The significance of man is that he is insignificant and is aware of it.

1936

★ 3.4