Mankind Quotes

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Why be a man when you can be a success? — Bertolt Brecht
Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other. — Edmund Burke
Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial… — Edmund Burke
Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response. — Amos Bronson Alcott
One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once. — Samuel Butler
Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature. — Samuel Butler
He who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below. — Lord Byron
Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that… — John Calvin
Nobody realizes that some people expend tremendous energy merely to be normal. — Albert Camus
All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books. — Thomas Carlyle
If you fear making anyone mad, then you ultimately probe for the lowest common denominator of human achievement. — Jimmy Carter
Every human being has a work to carry on within, duties to perform abroad, influence to exert, which are peculiarly his, and which no conscience… — William Ellery Channing
Never does the human soul appear so strong as when it foregoes revenge and dares to forgive an injury. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin
Monkeys are superior to men in this: when a monkey looks into a mirror, he sees a monkey. — Malcolm De Chazal
To govern mankind, one must not overrate them. — Lord Chesterfield
No man who worships education has got the best out of education... Without a gentle contempt for education no man's education is complete. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
We are justified in enforcing good morals, for they belong to all mankind; but we are not justified in enforcing good manners, for good manners… — Gilbert K. Chesterton
Criticism, like rain, should be gentle enough to nourish a man's growth without destroying his roots. — Frank A. Clark
The greatest tragedy in mankind's entire history may be the hijacking of morality by religion. — Arthur C. Clarke
For this equilibrium now in sight, let us trust that mankind, as it has occurred in the greatest periods of its past, will find for… — Albert Claude

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