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Mankind Quotes by Arthur Schopenhauer
- I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity, of my dog; and I have similar experiences with mankind.
- The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.
- National character is only another name for the particular form which the littleness, perversity and baseness of mankind take in every country. Every nation mocks…
- NOT to my contemporaries, not to my compatriots but to mankind I commit my now completed work in the confidence that it will not be…
- If the world were a paradise of luxury and ease, a land flowing with milk and honey, where every Jack obtained his Jill at once…
- The best consolation in misfortune or affliction of any kind will be the thought of other people who are in a still worse plight than…
- There is not much to be got anywhere in the world. It is filled with misery and pain; if a man escapes these, boredeom lies…
More Mankind Quotes
- It is in the very nature of things human that every act that has once made its appearance and has been recorded… — Hannah Arendt
- Most people would rather give than get affection. — Aristotle
- This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. — Neil Armstrong
- Here men from the planet Earth first set foot upon the Moon. July 1969 AD. We came in peace for all mankind. — Neil Armstrong
- Clothes and manners do not make the man; but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance. — Henry Ward Beecher
- Men go abroad to wonder at the heights of mountains, at the huge waves of the sea, at the long courses of… — Saint Augustine
- Indeed, man wishes to be happy even when he so lives as to make happiness impossible. — Saint Augustine
- Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies,… — Jane Austen
- A person who has sympathy for mankind in the lump, faith in its future progress, and desire to serve the great cause… — Irving Babbitt
- An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind. — Walter Bagehot
- Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their… — Douglas Adams
- Some day science may have the existence of mankind in power, and the human race can commit suicide by blowing up the… — Henry Adams