--- title: "6 Poor Humanity Quotes by 6 authors" description: "Browse 6 Poor Humanity quotes by 6 authors. Discover the best Poor Humanity sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffe/john-keats-620_agony_are-there-not-thousands-in-the-world-who_199730.jpg" --- > [Are there not thousands in the world who love their fellows even to the death, who feel the giant agony of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/are-there-not-thousands-in-the-world-who-love-their-fellows-even-to/) [John Keats](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-keats/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffe/john-keats-620_agony_are-there-not-thousands-in-the-world-who_199730.jpg) > [“Poor humanity! I often feel that the tableland of sanity upon which most of us dwell, is small in area, with unfenced…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/francis-galton/poor-humanity-i-often-feel-that-the-tableland-of-sanity-upon-which/) [Francis Galton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/francis-galton/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/352/francis-galton-20376_nature-of-man_poor-humanity-i-often-feel-that-the-tabl_450023.jpg) > [How prone poor Humanity is to dam up the minutest remnants of its freedom, and build an artificial roof to prevent it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-t-a-hoffmann/how-prone-poor-humanity-is-to-dam-up-the-minutest-remnants-of-its/) [E. T. A. Hoffmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-t-a-hoffmann/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fee/e-t-a-hoffmann-28416_artificial_how-prone-poor-humanity-is-to-dam-up-the_745286.png) > [Poor humanity!--so dependent, so insignificant, and yet so great.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-swetchine/poor-humanity-so-dependent-so-insignificant-and-yet-so-great/) [Sophie Swetchine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophie-swetchine/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9b2/sophie-swetchine-3738_dependent_poor-humanity-so-dependent-so-insignific_1142561.png) > [“Poor Humanity, crazed with fear, was fleeing in all directions on hearing the thundering pace of the Plague, War, Hunger and Death.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/vicente-blasco-ib-ez/poor-humanity-crazed-with-fear-was-fleeing-in-all-directions-on/) [Vicente Blasco Ibáñez](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/vicente-blasco-ib-ez/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00f/vicente-blasco-ib-ez-20980_fear_poor-humanity-crazed-with-fear-was-fleei_1699688.jpg) > [In verity we are the poor. This humanity we would claim for ourselves is the legacy, not only of the Enlightenment, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mary-mccarthy/in-verity-we-are-the-poor-this-humanity-we-would-claim-for-ourselves/) [Mary McCarthy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mary-mccarthy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/874/mary-mccarthy-2691_absence_in-verity-we-are-the-poor-this-humanity_3090188.png) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/poor-humanity/#itemlist", "name": "Poor Humanity Quotes", "numberOfItems": 6, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Are there not thousands in the world who love their fellows even to the death, who feel the giant agony of the world, and more, like slaves to poor humanity, labor for mortal good?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "John Keats" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-keats/are-there-not-thousands-in-the-world-who-love-their-fellows-even-to/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffe/john-keats-620_agony_are-there-not-thousands-in-the-world-who_199730.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffe/john-keats-620_agony_are-there-not-thousands-in-the-world-who_199730.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ffe/john-keats-620_agony_are-there-not-thousands-in-the-world-who_199730.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Are there not thousands in the world who love their fellows even to the death, who feel the giant agony of…” — John Keats", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Poor humanity! 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