Beast Quotes

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The power of hiding ourselves from one another is mercifully given, for men are wild beasts, and would devour one another but for this protection. — Henry Ward Beecher
The difference between the reason of man and the instinct of the beast is this, that the beast does but know, but the man knows… — John Donne
Saints cannot arise where there have been no warriors, nor philosophers where a prying beast does not remain hidden in the depths. — George Santayana
To live alone one must be a beast or a god, says Aristotle. Leaving out the third case: one must be both - a philosopher. — Friedrich Nietzsche
What bosom beast not in his country's cause? — Alexander Pope
Woman's success in lifting men out of their way of life nearly resembling that of the beasts who merely hunted and fished for food, who… — Mary Ritter Beard
Music hath the charm to soothe a savage beast, but I'd try a revolver first. — Josh Billings
No beast is more savage than man when possessed with power answerable to his rage. — Plutarch
The cat, which is a solitary beast, is single minded and goes its way alone, but, the dog, like his master, is confused in his… — H.G. Wells
Ay, that incestuous, that adulterate beast, With witchcraft of his wit, with traitorous gifts- O wicked wit and gifts, that have the power So to… — William Shakespeare
... direct [people] towards mutual affection. A beast gnawing at its prey can be happy too, but only human beings can feel affection for each… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must be either a beast or… — Aristotle
There is, nevertheless, a certain respect and a general duty of humanity that ties us, not only to beasts that have life and sense, but… — Michel de Montaigne
Fruits are always of the same nature with the seeds and roots from which they come, and trees are known by the fruits they bear:… — Algernon Sidney
Science itself is badly in need of integration and unification. The tendency is more and more the other way ... Only the graduate student, poor… — Isidor Isaac Rabi
I would proclaim that the vast majority of what [say, Scientific American] is true-yet my ability to defend such a claim is weaker than I… — Douglas Hofstadter
Eternal punishment must be eternal cruelty, and I do not see how any man, unless he has the brain of an idiot, or the heart… — Robert Green Ingersoll
Either men will learn to live like brothers, or they will die like beasts. — Max Lerner
And this is the ultimate lesson that our knowledge of the mode of transmission of typhus has taught us: Man carries on his skin a… — Charles Nicolle
Smoke. Smoke. Smoke. Only a pipe distinguishes man from beast. — Honore Daumier

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