Upon Mankind Quotes
15 quotes by 15 authors
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All great musical composers have been connected, consciously or unconsciously, with this source of music-a fact that enabled them to become masters of their art.…
— Corinne Heline
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To furnish the means of acquiring knowledge is ... the greatest benefit that can be conferred upon mankind. It prolongs life itself and enlarges the…
— John Quincy Adams
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The law established by the Creator, which has existed from the beginning, extends over the whole globe, is everywhere and at all times binding upon…
— Rufus King
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The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth.
— Pliny the Elder
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The nine-to-five is one of the greatest atrocities sprung upon mankind. You give your life to a function that doesn't interest you. This situation so…
— Charles Bukowski
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...I couldn't but surmise that the devil, looking at the cruel wars that Christianity has occasioned, the persecutions, the tortures Christian has inflicted on Christian,…
— W. Somerset Maugham
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Before the curse of statistics fell upon mankind we lived a happy, innocent life, full of merriment and go and informed by fairly good judgment.
— Hilaire Belloc
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I possess the greatest power ever bestowed upon mankind, the power of choice. Today, I choose to persist without exception. No longer will I live…
— Andy Andrews
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The unique impression of Jesus upon mankind - whose name is not so much written as ploughed into the history of the world - is…
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Much melancholy has devolved upon mankind, and it is detestable to me that might will triumph in the end.
— Karel Capek
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War was forced upon mankind in his original civil and social condition.
— Elihu Root
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You see some classes of the human family that are black, uncouth, uncomely, disagreeable and low in their habits, wild, and seemingly deprived of nearly…
— Brigham Young
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Liberty ... is one of the most valuable blessings that Heaven has bestowed upon mankind.
— Miguel de Cervantes
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While the pulpit must hold to its unswerving loyalty to the Word of God, it must, at the same time, be loyal to the doctrine…
— Edward McKendree Bounds
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When deep sleep falls upon mankind. Hopeless we fall into the fathomless depths of this bitter dream.
— XxxD
Who Wrote These Upon Mankind Quotes
15 authors contributed a total of 15 Upon Mankind Quotes as follows: