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Quotations by Subject: Mankind (28 quotes)

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Childhood, n. The period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth - two removes from the sin of manhood and three from the remorse of age.: Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
In the transmission of human culture, people always attempt to replicate, to pass on to the next generation the skills and values of the parents, but the attempt always fails because cultural transmission is geared to learning, not D.N.A.: Gregory Bateson, "Mind and Matter"
Was all this bloodshed and deceit - from Columbus to Cortes, Pizarro the Puritans - a necessity for the human race to progress from savagery to civilization? Was Morison right in burying the story of genocide inside a more important story of human progress? Perhaps a persuasive argument can be made - as it was made by Stalin when he killed pesants for industrial progress in the Soviet Union, as it was made by Churchill explaining the bombings of Dresden and Hamburg, and Truman explaining Hiroshima. But how can the judgement be made if the benefits and losses cannot be balanced because the losses are either unmentioned or mentioned quickly?: Howard Zinn
The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animals.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Sometimes in my dreams there are women...When such dreams happen, immediately I remember, 'I am a monk.'...It is very important to analyze 'What is the real benefit of sexual desire?' The appearance of a beautiful face or a beautiful body - as many scriptures describe - no matter how beautiful, they essentially decompose into a skeleton. When we penetrate to its human flesh and bones, there is no beauty, is there? A couple in a sexual experience is happy for that moment. Then very soon trouble begins.: The Dalai Lama (1935 - )
There are times when one would like to end the whole human race, and finish the farce.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
In the mirrorlike relationship between wine and human beings, Zinfandel owned more reflective properties than any other grape; in its infinite mutability, it was capable of expressing almost any philosophical position or psychological function. As a result, its own "true" nature might never be known.: David Darlington, from his novel Angels Visits: An Inquiry into the Mystery of Zinfandel
We are here and it is now. Further than that all human knowledge is moonshine.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - gunpowder and romantic love.: Andre Maurois (1885 - 1967)
If I could get my membership fee back, I'd resign from the human race.: Fred Allen (1894 - 1956)

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