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Quotations by Subject: Mankind (28 quotes)

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A wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings, and learn how by his own thought to derive benefit from his illnesses.: Hippocrates (460 BC - 377 BC), Regimen in Health
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For to err in opinion, though it be not the part of wise men, is at least human.: Plutarch (46 AD - 120 AD), Morals
As far as we can discern, the sole purpose of human existence is to kindle a light in the darkness of mere being.: Carl Jung (1875 - 1961), "Memories, Dreams, Reflections", 1962
Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.: Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963), "Themes and Variations", 1950
As soon as questions of will or decision or reason or choice of action arise, human science is at a loss.: Noam Chomsky (1928 - ), in a television interview
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No moral system can rest solely on authority.: A. J. Ayer (1910 - 1989), Humanist Outlook
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One, a robot may not injure a human being, or through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm; Two, a robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law; Three, a robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.: Isaac Asimov (1920 - 1992), Laws of Robotics from I. Robot, 1950
Like all weak men he laid an exaggerated stress on not changing one's mind.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), "Of Human Bondage", 1915
Yet do I fear thy nature; It is too full o' the milk of human kindness.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), "Macbeth", Act 1 scene 5
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Nature is not cruel, pitiless, indifferent. This is one of the hardest lessons for humans to learn. We cannot admit that things might be neither good nor evil, neither cruel nor kind, but simply callous -- indifferent to all suffering, lacking all purpose.: Richard Dawkins (1941 - )

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