Nature of man Quote by Anton Chekhov

“In any case civilisation has made mankind if not more bloodthirsty, at least more vilely, more loathsomely bloodthirsty.”

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Civilization has made man, if not always more bloodthirsty, at least more viciously, more horribly bloodthirsty.

— Fyodor Dostoevsky

“..each bloodletting hastens the next, and as the value of human life is degraded and violence becomes tolerated, the unimaginable becomes more conceivable.”

— Bill Clinton

“Blood is not destiny, no matter what others may believe.”

— Paolo Bacigalupi

“Blood is a fickle thing, but so is truth, which can be bent to suit all purposes.”

— Amalie Howard

“Bad bloods aren't born evil or dangerous. We are taught to be, but only because we have to if we want to survive.”

— Shannon A. Thompson

“The warlike days are over. Blood is too precious a thing in these days of dishonorable peace; and the glories of the great races…

— Bram Stoker

“Deep down, in our poor human nature, lurks the love of blood...”

— A.R. Allison

“There's no such thing as life without bloodshed. I think the notion that the species can be improved in some way, that everyone could…

— Cormac McCarthy

“The blood is our strength, for it is the power of the heavens and the Earth within us”

— Theodore Roszak

“For most of human history, life was brutal and bloody. Humanity just took a big backward step toward that.”

— Bobby Adair

“It's our nature. We destroy. It's the constant of our kind. No matter the color of blood, man will always fall.”

— Victoria Aveyard