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Human Quotes by Patrick O'Brian
- I know of few men over 50 that seem to me entirely human, virtually none who has long exercised authority.
- Sir,’ said Stephen, ‘I read novels with the utmost pertinacity. I look upon them--I look upon good novels--as a very valuable part of literature, conveying…
- Authority is a solvent of humanity: look at any husband, any father of a family,and note the absorption of the person by the persona, the…
- For you must know, gentlemen, that when the mariner is dosed, he likes to know that he has been dosed: with fifteen grains or even…
More Human Quotes
- All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire. — Aristotle
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- When you care about human beings, you do your best to not repress and to not let people to repress and to… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- The ultimate end of human acts is eudaimonia, happiness in the sense of living well, which all men desire; all acts are… — Hannah Arendt
- I don't like to get angry. It doesn't make me feel good. It is very human, but it's also a loss of… — Steve Carell
- Whoever wants to set a good example must add a grain of foolishness to his virtue: then others can imitate and yet… — Friedrich Nietzsche
- Lao Tsu found Taoism easy to reconcile withthe world of human beings, which is interesting because with all the nature imagery, one… — Frederick Lenz
- Guns are evil! And very little good comes from the availability of a bullet designed to kill human beings! — Mackenzie Astin