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title: "4 Ought Human Quotes by 4 authors"
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> [When you meet anything that's going to be human and isn't yet, or used to be human once and isn't now, or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cs-lewis/when-you-meet-anything-that-s-going-to-be-human-and-isn-t-yet-or-used/)

[CS Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cs-lewis/)

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> [But in general, take my advice, when you meet anything that is going to be Human and isn’t yet, or used to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/but-in-general-take-my-advice-when-you-meet-anything-that-is-going-to/)

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

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> [A power above all human responsibility ought to be above all human attainment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-caleb-colton/a-power-above-all-human-responsibility-ought-to-be-above-all-human/)

[Charles Caleb Colton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-caleb-colton/)

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> [“For fairness and loyalty, however important to the head, were issues that could seldom be squared in the human heart, at the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-russo/for-fairness-and-loyalty-however-important-to-the-head-were-issues/)

[Richard Russo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-russo/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1fd/richard-russo-1691_human-heart_for-fairness-and-loyalty-however-importa_2732880.jpg)

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