John Godfrey Saxe: Quotes about men

John Godfrey Saxe was American poet. Explore interesting quotes on men.

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“INGLORIOUS friend! most confident I am
Thy life is one of very little ease;
Albeit men mock thee with their similes
And prate of being "happy as a clam!"”

John Godfrey Saxe

"Sonnet to a Clam".

“It was six men of Hindustan
To learning much inclined,
Who went to see the Elephant
(Though all of them were blind)
That each by observation
Might satisfy the mind.”

John Godfrey Saxe

"The Blindmen and the Elephant", a poem based on ancient parables of blind men and an elephant.

“Young men! it 's a critical thing to go
Exactly right with a lady in tow;
But when you are in the proper track,
Just go ahead, and never look back!”

John Godfrey Saxe

"Orpheus and Eurydice".

“And so these men of Hindustan
Disputed loud and long,
Each in his own opinion
Exceeding stiff and strong,
Though each was partly in the right
And all were in the wrong. So oft in theologic wars,
The disputants, I ween,
Rail on in utter ignorance
Of what each other mean,
And prate about an Elephant
Not one of them has seen!”

John Godfrey Saxe

"The Blindmen and the Elephant".