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Mankind Quotes by Daniel Defoe
- And of all plagues with which mankind are curst, Ecclesiastic tyranny's the worst.
- For I cannot think that GOD Almighty ever made them [women] so delicate, so glorious creatures; and furnished them with such charms, so agreeable and…
- I have since often observed, how incongruous and irrational the common temper of mankind is, especially of youth ... that they are not ashamed to…
- It put me upon reflecting how little repining there would be among mankind at any condition of life, if people would rather compare their condition…
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