Creature Quote by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Man is the creature of circumstances.

— Robert Owen

A good man cannot be harmed either in life or in death.

— Socrates

Man, biologically considered, and whatever else he may be in the bargain, is simply the most formidable of all the beasts of prey, and,…

— William James

Man is the only creature who has a nasty mind.

— Mark Twain

Man...is a tame or civilized animal; never the less, he requires proper instruction and a fortunate nature, and then of all animals he becomes…

— Plato

If man was what he ought to be, he would be adored by the animals.

— Henri Frederic Amiel

Man is the cruelest animal.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Man, when perfected, is the best of animals, but when separated from law and justice, he is the worst of all.

— Aristotle

A bad man can do a million times more harm than a beast.

— Aristotle

Man, biologically considered ... is simply the most formidable of all beasts of prey, and, indeed, the only one that preys systematically on its…

— William James

Man... is an inextricable tangle of culture and biology. And not being simple, he is not simply good; he has... a kind of hell…

— Anonymous

There is no beast more cruel than man.

— Leonid Andreyev