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> [We should know mankind better if we were not so anxious to resemble one another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/we-should-know-mankind-better-if-we-were-not-so-anxious-to-resemble/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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> [I did not know that mankind was suffering for want of gold.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/i-did-not-know-that-mankind-was-suffering-for-want-of-gold/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [“When he told me he believed every word in the Bible because, “knowing what I know about mankind, we couldn’t have written…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jo-maeder/when-he-told-me-he-believed-every-word-in-the-bible-because-knowing/)

[Jo Maeder](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jo-maeder/)

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> [They say: 'If a man knew himself, he would know all mankind.' I say: 'If a man loved mankind, he would know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/khalil-gibran/they-say-if-a-man-knew-himself-he-would-know-all-mankind-i-say-if-a/)

[Khalil Gibran](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/khalil-gibran/)

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> [As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/samuel-johnson/as-i-know-more-of-mankind-i-expect-less-of-them-and-am-ready-now-to/)

[Samuel Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/samuel-johnson/)

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> [But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/herodotus/but-this-i-know-if-all-mankind-were-to-take-their-troubles-to-market/)

[Herodotus](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/herodotus/)

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> [Know mankind well, don't degrade every man as evil, and don't exalt every man thinking he is good. He who cannot discover…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rumi/know-mankind-well-don-t-degrade-every-man-as-evil-and-don-t-exalt/)

[Rumi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rumi/)

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> [Is it true that one travels in order to know mankind? It is easier to get to know other people at home,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/franz-grillparzer/is-it-true-that-one-travels-in-order-to-know-mankind-it-is-easier-to/)

[Franz Grillparzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/franz-grillparzer/)

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> [And do you know, do you know that mankind can live without the Englishman, it can live without Germany, it can live…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/and-do-you-know-do-you-know-that-mankind-can-live-without-the/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Man must begin to the unitary principle of man - knowing that there are not separate men or separate individuals, but hat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-russell/man-must-begin-to-the-unitary-principle-of-man-knowing-that-there-are/)

[Walter Russell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-russell/)

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> [Without my attempts in natural science, I should never have learned to know mankind such as it is. In nothing else can…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/without-my-attempts-in-natural-science-i-should-never-have-learned-to/)

[Johann Wolfgang von Goethe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johann-wolfgang-von-goethe/)

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