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Quotations by Subject: Mankind (28 quotes)

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It is human nature to think wisely and act foolishly.: Anatole France (1844 - 1924)
Religion is a monumental chapter in the history of human egotism.: William James (1842 - 1910)
He who has never envied the vegetable has missed the human drama.: E.M. Cioran
Captial punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life.: Orrin Hatch, Republican senator
Language exists only on the surface of our consciousness. The great human struggles are played out in silence and in the ability to express oneself.: Franz Xavier Kroetz
...exaggerated turns of speech conceal mediocre affections: as if the fulness of the soul might not sometimes overflow in the emptiest of metaphors, since no one, ever, can give the exact measurements of his needs, nor of his conceptions, nor of his sufferings, and the human word is like a cracked cauldron upon which we beat out melodies fit for making bears dance when we are trying to move the stars to pity.: Gustave Flaubert (1821 - 1880), "Madame Bovary", ch. 12
"Where did you put it?" "Put what?" "You know?" "Where do you think?" "Oh.": Nicholas Negroponte, Director of the MIT Media Lab, stating his ideal model of human-computer interaction
Dear Lord, I've been asked, nay commanded, to thank Thee for the Christmas turkey before us... a turkey which was no doubt a lively, intelligent bird... a social being... capable of actual affection... nuzzling its young with almost human- like compassion. Anyway, it's dead and we're gonna eat it. Please give our respects to its family...: Berke Breathed, Bloom County Babylon
We owe a deep debt of gratitude to Adam, the first great benefactor of the human race: he brought death into the world.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
We are here to add to the sum of human goodness. To prove the thing exists. And however futile each individual act of courage or generosity, self-sacrifice or grace-it still proves the thing exists. Each act adds to the fund. It needs replenishment. Not only because evil flourishes, and is, most indefensibly, defended. But because goodness is no longer a respectable aim in life. The hound of hell, envy, has driven it from the house.: Josephine Hart, "Sin"

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