“usus facit sapientiam et humilitatem ut homo” – does wisdom and humility make a man?

This image combines elements of the previous three to express what makes a man. We have the wisdom of a warrior who has seen battle, the subdued orange of the orchids expressing the quiet passion of an experienced lover, the dried roses representing the loves that have been lost, the whiskey in the cup to represent that bitter sweet pain that is ever present of good and bad times experience has brought. Is a man a man for the experiences he has had in life? This is something to consider and think about.