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It is a general principle of human nature, that a man will be interested in whatever he possesses, in proportion to the firmness or precariousness… — Alexander Hamilton
Men are rather reasoning than reasonable animals for the most part governed by the impulse of passion. This is a truth well understood by our… — Alexander Hamilton
In all general questions which become the subjects of discussion, there are always some truths mixed with falsehoods. I confess, there is danger where men… — Alexander Hamilton
Be aware that a halo has to fall only a few inches to be a noose. — Clinton D. McKinnon
Perhaps the male has become an artist in the creation of many hidden ways of killing himself. — Herb Goldberg
Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state. — Unknown Author
People have a way of becoming what you encourage them to be - not what you nag them to be. — Unknown Author
The malignity that never forgets or forgives is found only in base and ignoble natures, whose aims are selfish, and whose means are indirect, cowardly,… — George Stillman Hillard
Religion divides us, while it is our human characteristics that bind us to each other. — Hermann Bondi
The pilots I worked with in the aerospace industry were willing to put on almost anything to keep them safe in case of a crash,… — Nils Bohlin
One of the things that made me suffer no regret when I was called away from the cramped intellectual jail of atheism into a wider… — John C. Wright
Golf gives you an insight into human nature, your own as well as your opponent's. — Grantland Rice
People who live in glass houses must reeeeeallly trust their neighbors. — Gregoire
Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree,… — John Stuart Mill
I always compare marriage to communism. They're both institutions that don't conform to human nature, so you're going to end up with lying and hypocrisy. — Bill Maher
One human nature is common to all the descendants of Adam, and it is, for all men, guilty and polluted — Herman Bavinck
The depravity which sin has produced in human nature extends to the whole of it. There is no part of man's nature which is unaffected… — James Denney
It's human nature to be timid in the face of obstacles, but I have learned to believe that challenges are opportunities for genius to shine.… — Dominique Moceanu
There is nothing that can be changed more completely than human nature when the job is taken in hand early enough. — George Bernard Shaw
Human nature is so constructed that it gives affection most readily to those who seem least to demand it. — Bertrand Russell
The only thing that one really knows about human nature is that it changes. Change is the one quality we can predicate of it. The… — Oscar Wilde
Poor human nature, what horrible crimes have been committed in thy name! — Emma Goldman
I will smile at friend and foe alike and make every effort to find, in him or her, a quality to praise, now that I… — Og Mandino
It is to the credit of human nature that, except where its selfishness is brought into play, it loves more readily than it hates. — Nathaniel Hawthorne
The center of human nature is rooted in ten thousand ordinary acts of kindness that define our days. — Stephen Jay Gould

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