Our wretched species is so made that those who walk on the well-trodden path always throw stones at those who are showing… — Voltaire Copy Share Image
Human nature will never part with power. Look for an example of a voluntary relinquishment of power from one end of the… — Patrick Henry Copy Share Image
No doubt Jack the Ripper excused himself on the grounds that it was human nature. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Human nature makes it easy to bicker like children, but the human heart makes it possible to squelch the noise our head… — Alex Gaskarth Copy Share Image
English doctors have killed 3/4 of my friends & the joke is the remaining 1/4 go on recommending them, so odd is human nature. — Nancy Mitford Copy Share Image
Many people prefer a view of human nature that includes a true side and a false side - in other words, humans… — David Eagleman Copy Share Image
Gosh, for me, when I was 15 or 16 years old, I was just starting to understand ideas and film and things… — Brian J. Smith Copy Share Image
The fact of our deriving constant pleasure from whatever is a type or semblance of divine attributes, and from nothing but that… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
I have been accused of being a Pollyanna, but I think there are plenty of people dealing with the darker side of… — Ann Patchett Copy Share Image
Socrates ... brought human wisdom back down from heaven, where she was wasting her time, and restored her to man.... It is… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
We cannot doubt that self-interest is the mainspring of human nature. It must be clearly understood that this word is used here… — Frederic Bastiat Copy Share Image
I always compare marriage to communism. They're both institutions that don't conform to human nature, so you're going to end up with… — Bill Maher Copy Share Image
There is something about wills which brings out the worst side of human nature. People who under ordinary circumstances are perfectly upright… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
I have been too long acquainted with human nature to have great regard for human testimony; and a very great degree of… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
The basic rule of human nature is that powerful people speak slowly and subservient people quickly - because if they don't speak… — Michael Caine Copy Share Image
I wish I knew all the answers, how to be perfect, attractive and witty. But I'm just a human being with all… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Robin [Williams] was a world treasure. As we mourn his tragic death, we must remember him for the great waves of laughter… — Glenn Close Copy Share Image
“ The contrariety of human nature is a subject that has given a surprising amount of occupation to makers of proverbs and to… — R. Austin Freeman Copy Share Image
That's the thing: when I listen on public transport, my headphones act as a separator - a wired barrier between me and… — Sara Pascoe Copy Share Image
It must be terrible to have to live among people and not like human nature. — William Feather Copy Share Image
Westworld is an examination of human nature: the best parts of human nature... but also, violence, sexual violence have sadly been a… — Lisa Joy Copy Share Image
The loss of the religious understanding of the human condition—that Man is a fallen creature for whom virtue is necessary but never… — Theodore Dalrymple Copy Share Image
You and David could both be right. Maybe human beings are programmed … to help one another, even to fall in love.… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image