Mankind Quotes by H. P. Lovecraft

10 Mankind quotes by H. P. Lovecraft

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Lovecraft’s view of mankind is tinged with cosmic dread and a fascination with the unknown. These ten lines give a compact glimpse of his unsettling, yet thought‑provoking, perspective.

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The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind.

H. P. Lovecraft

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Race prejudice is a gift of nature, intended to preserve in purity the various divisions of mankind which the ages have evolved.

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It must be remembered that there is no real reason to expect anything in particular from mankind; good and evil are local…

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All great humorists are sad... I cannot help seeing beyond the tinsel of humour, and recognising the pitiful basis of jest -…

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Truth is of no practical value to mankind save as it affects terrestrial phenomena, hence the discoveries of science should be concealed…

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I expect nothing of man, and disown the race. The only folly is expecting what is never attained; man is most contemptible…

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It is absolutely necessary, for the peace and safety of mankind, that some of earth's dark, dead corners and unplumbed depths be…

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The unknown ... became for our primitive forefathers a terrible and omnipotent source of boons and calamities visited upon mankind for cryptic…

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Indeed, there is much in pure humanitarian culture, as opposed to rigid scientific training, which encourages absorption in the affairs of mankind,…

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Pessimists are just as illogical as optimists; insomuch as both envisage the aims of mankind as unified, and as having a direct…

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