Mankind Quotes

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Prejudice and self-sufficiency naturally proceed from inexperience of the world, and ignorance of mankind. — Joseph Addison
Is man a savage at heart, skinned o'er with fragile Manners? Or is savagery but a faint taint in the natural man's gentility, which erupts… — John Barth
I do not value any view of the universe into which man and the institutions of man enter very largely and absorb much of the… — Henry David Thoreau
Man desired concord; but nature knows better what is good for his species; she desires discord. Man wants to live easy and content; but nature… — Immanuel Kant
Human nature, if healthy, demands excitement; and if it does not obtain its thrilling excitement in the right way, it will seek it in the… — Oswald Chambers
Human consciousness arose but a minute before midnight on the geological clock. Yet we mayflies try to bend an ancient world to our purposes, ignorant… — Stephen Jay Gould
Occident: The part of the world lying west (or east) of the Orient. It is largely inhabited by Christians, a powerful subtribe of the Hypocrites,… — Ambrose Bierce
So there he is at last. Man on the moon. The poor magnificent bungler! He can't even get to the office without undergoing the agonies… — Russell Baker
The UN wasn't created to take mankind into paradise, but rather, to save humanity from hell. — Dag Hammarskjold
Mankind is at its best when it is most free. This will be clear if we grasp the principle of liberty. We must recall that… — Dante Alighieri
Whenever the offence inspires less horror than the punishment, the rigour of penal law is obliged to give way to the common feelings of mankind. — Edward Gibbon
The mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately,… — Thomas Jefferson
Let us, then, fellow citizens, unite with one heart and one mind. Let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affection without which liberty… — Thomas Jefferson
In every country and every age, the priest has been hostile to liberty. He is always in alliance with the despot, abetting his abuses in… — Thomas Jefferson
The gratification which affluence of wealth, extent of power, and eminence of reputation confer, must be always, by their own nature, confined to a very… — Samuel Johnson
There is reason to suspect, that the distinctions of mankind have more show than value, when it is found that all agree to be weary… — Samuel Johnson
The power, indeed, of every individual is small, and the consequence of his endeavours imperceptible, in a general prospect of the world. Providence has given… — Samuel Johnson
The gift of God to this enlightened age is the knowledge of the oneness of mankind and of the fundamental oneness of religion. War shall… — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
There are some solitary wretches who seem to have left the rest of mankind, only, as Eve left Adam, to meet the devil in private. — Alexander Pope
Man is nature's sole mistake. — W. S. Gilbert

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