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More Mankind Quotes

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• It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has… — Hannah Arendt
• Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
• This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. — Neil Armstrong
• Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for… — Neil Armstrong
• Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance. — Henry Ward Beecher
• Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long… — Saint Augustine
• Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. — Saint Augustine
• Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries… — Jane Austen
• A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the… — Irving Babbitt
• An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind. — Walter Bagehot
• Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable… — Douglas Adams
• Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing… — Henry Adams

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