Appetites Quote by Joseph P. Bradley

As a result, the highly civilized man can endure incomparably more than the savage, whether of moral or physical strain. Being better able to…

— Lafcadio Hearn

Men are subject to powerful passions and appetites, and, if unrestrained, are capable of ruthlessly riding roughshod over their neighbors and the community at…

— William Barr

When under the influence of certain (or some) reasons (or causes) (alcohol, war, etc - added Spir here) the low instincts are unbridled (or…

— African Spir

Human brutes, like other beasts, find snares and poison in the provision of life, and are allured by their appetites to their destruction.

— Jonathan Swift

Man's chief difference from the brutes lies in the exuberant excess of his subjective propensities. Prune his extravagance, sober him, and you undo him.

— William James

Man has reason, discrimination and free-will such as it is. The brute has no such thing. It is not a free agent, and knows…

— Mahatma Gandhi

Man's chief difference from the brutes lies in the exuberant excess of his subjective propensities his preeminence over them simply and solely in the…

— William James

As one recalls some of the monstrous situations under which human beings have lived and live their lives, one marvels at man's meekness and…

— George Amos Dorsey

The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human.

— Victor Hugo

The complete irresponsibility of man for his actions and his nature is the bitterest drop which he who understands must swallow.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The true nature of man left to himself without restraint is not nobility but savagery.

— Steven James

When men make themselves into brutes it is just to treat them like brutes.

— Amelia Barr