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title: "7 Man Instinct Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [The difference between the reason of man and the instinct of the beast is this, that the beast does but know, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-donne/the-difference-between-the-reason-of-man-and-the-instinct-of-the/)

[John Donne](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-donne/)

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> [Man is by instinct a lover, a hunter, a fighter, and none of those instincts are given much play at the warehouse!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/man-is-by-instinct-a-lover-a-hunter-a-fighter-and-none-of-those/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

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> [“Man is by instinct a lover, a hunter, a fighter.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tennessee-williams/man-is-by-instinct-a-lover-a-hunter-a-fighter/)

[Tennessee Williams](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tennessee-williams/)

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> [“Could it be that what we called aberrant behavior was in fact the natural state of man? Was there an instinct to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wrath-james-white/could-it-be-that-what-we-called-aberrant-behavior-was-in-fact-the/)

[Wrath James White](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/wrath-james-white/)

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> [I'm totally against women in combat, because we live in a culture and a society that imposes on every man the concept…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grace-hopper/i-m-totally-against-women-in-combat-because-we-live-in-a-culture-and/)

[Grace Hopper](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grace-hopper/)

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> [It can be argued that man's instinct to gamble is the only reason he is still not a monkey up in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mario-puzo/it-can-be-argued-that-man-s-instinct-to-gamble-is-the-only-reason-he/)

[Mario Puzo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mario-puzo/)

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> [Man is the only one in whom the instinct of life falters long enough to enable it to ask the question "Why?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-wood-krutch/man-is-the-only-one-in-whom-the-instinct-of-life-falters-long-enough/)

[Joseph Wood Krutch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-wood-krutch/)

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