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So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
Andre Gide (1869 - 1951)
It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been
searching for evidence which could support this.
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit
still in a room.
Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)
The fates have given mankind a patient soul.
Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Iliad
I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I
am.
Joseph Baretti, quoted in Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson
You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the
ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.
Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)
It was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Man is the Only Animal that Blushes. Or needs to.
Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Following the Equator (1897)
I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability.
Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902)
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