“He who makes a beast of himself gets rid of the pain of being a man.””
Quotes by Samuel Manning
“There’s man all over for you, blaming on his boots the faults of his feet.””
Waiting for Godot
“Sir, when a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.””
The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Vol 3
“I never desire to converse with a man who has written more than he has read.””
Johnsonian Miscellanies - Vol II
“The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write: a man will turn over half a library to make one book.””
The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Vol 2
“To every man his little cross. Till he dies. And is forgotten.””
Waiting for Godot
“Her lips were red, her looks were free, Her locks were yellow as gold:Her skin was white as leprosy,The Nightmare Life-in-Death was she, Who thicks man's blood with cold.””
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Samuel ManningSamuel Manning (1841 – 21 November 1933) was a New Zealand brewer and Mayor of Christchurch in 1890.