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- We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities... still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp…
- Man tends to increase at a greater rate than his means of subsistence.
- It is a cursed evil to any man to become as absorbed in any subject as I am in mine.
- As man advances in civilization, and small tribes are united into larger communities, the simplest reason would tell each individual that he ought to extend…
- At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilised races of man will almost certainly exterminate and replace throughout the world…
- The love for all living creatures is the most noble attribute of man.
- 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…
- To conclude, therefore, let no man out of a weak conceit of sobriety, or an ill-applied moderation, think or maintain, that a man can search…
- Man selects only for his own good: Nature only for that of the being which she tends.
- I am not very skeptical... a good deal of skepticism in a scientific man is advisable to avoid much loss of time, but I have…
- There is no fundamental difference between man and the higher mammals in their mental faculties...The difference in mind between man and the higher animals, great…
- Man is developed from an ovule, about 125th of an inch in diameter, which differs in no respect from the ovules of other animals.
- The main conclusion arrived at in this work, namely that man is descended from some lowly-organised form, will, I regret to think, be highly distasteful…
- We thus learn that man is descended from a hairy quadruped, furnished with a tail and pointed ears, probably arboreal in its habits, and an…
- Looking to future generations, there is no cause to fear that the social instincts will grow weaker... the social instincts, - the prime principle of…
- What wretched doings come from the ardor of fame; the love of truth alone would never make one man attack another bitterly.
- Man with all his noble qualities, with sympathy which feels for the most debased, with benevolence which extends not only to other men but to…
- It is generally admitted that with woman the powers of intuition, of rapid perception and perhaps of imitation, are more strongly marked than in man:…
- A man who dares to waste one hour of life has not discovered the value of life
- The belief in God has often been advanced as not only the greatest but the most complete of all the distinctions between man and the…
- For myself," he wrote, "I do not believe in any revelation. As for a future life, every man must judge for himself between conflicting vague…
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- Wherever the relevance of speech is at stake, matters become political by definition, for speech is what makes man a political being. — Hannah Arendt
- Man cannot be free if he does not know that he is subject to necessity, because his freedom is always won in… — Hannah Arendt
- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
- A man's homeland is wherever he prospers. — Aristophanes
- My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. — Aristotle
- At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst. — Aristotle
- The ideal man bears the accidents of life with dignity and grace, making the best of circumstances. — Aristotle
- Hope is the dream of a waking man. — Aristotle
- Man is by nature a political animal. — Aristotle
- For one swallow does not make a summer, nor does one day; and so too one day, or a short time, does… — Aristotle
- Therefore, the good of man must be the end of the science of politics. — Aristotle