Lower Animals Quotes

26 Lower Animals quotes by 15 unique authors

Why does man regret, even though he may endeavour to banish any such regret, that he has followed the one natural impulse, rather than the… — Charles Darwin
I have been scientifically studying the traits and dispositions of the "lower animals" (so-called,) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I… — Mark Twain
Of all the differences between man and the lower animals, the moral sense or conscience is by far the most important . . . [I]t… — Charles Darwin
The reasons for legal intervention in favour of children apply not less strongly to the case of those unfortunate slaves and victims of the most… — John Stuart Mill
We have seen that the senses and intuitions, the various emotions and faculties, such as love, memory, attention and curiosity, imitation, reason, etc., of which… — Charles Darwin
The lower animals are our brethren. I include among them the lion and the tiger. We do not know how to live with these carnivorous… — Mahatma Gandhi
There is no mode of action, no form of emotion, that we do not share with the lower animals. It is only by language that… — Oscar Wilde
The lower animals, on the other hand, must have their bodily structure modified in order to survive under greatly changed conditions. They must be rendered… — Charles Darwin
Bear in mind that the children of life are the children of joy; that the lower animals are only unhappy when made so by man;… — William Henry Hudson
MUMMY, n. - an ancient Egyptian handy, too, in museums in gratifying the vulgar curiosity that serves to distinguish man from the lower animals. — Ambrose Bierce
There are a few animals that have won themselves a bad reputation even though they have little or no effect on man. They have won… — Jacques Yves Cousteau
The lower animals, like man, manifestly feel pleasure and pain, happiness and misery. Happiness is never better exhibited than by young animals, such as puppies,… — Charles Darwin
Cruelty to men and to the lower animals as well, which would have passed unnoticed a century ago, now shocks the sensibilities and is regarded… — Elihu Root
We cannot separate ourselves from those whom we call the 'lower' animals. They are lower in the scale of evolution, but they, like us, are… — Dada Vaswani
Man should regard lower animals as being in the same dependent condition as minors under his government ... For a man to torture an animal… — Ed Buckner
The great discovery of the nineteenth century, that we are of one blood with the lower animals, has created new ethical obligations which have not… — William Ralph Inge
I cannot see the short, white curls Upon the forehead of an Ox, But what I see them dripping with That poor thing's blood, and… — Mark Twain
The animal creation shall again gladden a new Paradise as they did when Adam and Eve called them by name, and carressed them and mingled… — Ed Buckner
History is a people's memory, and without a memory, man is demoted to the lower animals. — Malcolm X
For origin and development of human faculty we must look to these processes of association in lower animals. — Edward Thorndike
Ethically they had arrived at the conclusion that man's supremacy over lower animals meant not that the former should prey upon the latter, but that… — Mahatma Gandhi
I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the "lower animals" (so called) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I… — Mark Twain
But then with me the horrid doubt always arises whether the convictions of man's mind, which has been developed from the mind of the lower… — Charles Darwin
The behavior of men to the lower animals, and their behavior to each other, bear a constant relationship. — Herbert Spencer
MUMMY, n. An ancient Egyptian, formerly in universal use among modern civilized nations as medicine, and now engaged in supplying art with an excellent pigment.… — Ambrose Bierce

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