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title: "6 Loved Mankind Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [“One thing I'll have to face about myself, I suppose, is that while I've always loved mankind in general, I have been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-williamson/one-thing-i-ll-have-to-face-about-myself-i-suppose-is-that-while-i-ve/)

[David Williamson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-williamson/)

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> [“They loved each other and believed they loved mankind, they fought each other and believed they fought the world.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-le-carre/they-loved-each-other-and-believed-they-loved-mankind-they-fought/)

[John le Carré](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-le-carre/)

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> [“Look, suppose that there was one among all those who desire nothing but material and filthy lucre, that one, at least, is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fyodor-dostoyevsky/look-suppose-that-there-was-one-among-all-those-who-desire-nothing/)

[Fyodor Dostoyevsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fyodor-dostoyevsky/)

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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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> [Whoever is not a misanthrope at forty can never have loved mankind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-chamfort/whoever-is-not-a-misanthrope-at-forty-can-never-have-loved-mankind/)

[Nicolas Chamfort](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-chamfort/)

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> [“Why," said the saint, "did I go into the forest and the desert? Was it not because I loved mankind far too…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/friedrich-nietzsche/why-said-the-saint-did-i-go-into-the-forest-and-the-desert-was-it-not/)

[Friedrich Nietzsche](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/friedrich-nietzsche/)

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