Famous humankind quotations

   The average man's judgment is so poor, he runs a risk every time he uses it.  Nice Word by E.W. Howe

   Man - a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.  Meaningful Quotation by Alexander Hamilton

Inspirational Sayings, Motivational Quotes, Great Words, Witty Proverbs
   The human race is a race of cowards; and I am not only marching in that procession but carrying a banner.  Good Quote by Mark Twain, Reflections on Being the Delight of God.

   We must, however, acknowledge, as it seems to me, that man with all his noble qualities... still bears in his bodily frame the indelible stamp of his lowly origin.  Wise Phrase by Charles Darwin

   Men are cruel, but Man is kind.  Wise Phrase by Rabindranath Tagore, Stray Birds, 1916

   It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.  Famous Saying by Niccolo Machiavelli

   Evolution is individual - devolution is collective.  Nice Word by Martin H. Fischer

   Man - a being in search of meaning.  Meaningful Quotation by Plato

   Nature is neutral. Man has wrested from nature the power to make the world a desert or to make the deserts bloom. There is no evil in the atom; only in men's souls.  Good Quote by Adlai Stevenson

   Nature does not deceive us; it is we who deceive ourselves.  Wise Phrase by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile, 1762

   Nobody knows the age of the human race, but everybody agrees that it is old enough to know better.  Wise Phrase by Author Unknown

   Monkeys are superior to men in this: When a monkey looks into a mirror, he sees a monkey.  Famous Saying by Malcolm de Chazal

   The small percentage of dogs that bite people is monumental proof that the dog is the most benign, forgiving creature on earth.  Nice Word by W.R. Koehler, The Koehler Method of Dog Training

   We're animals. We're born like every other mammal and we live our whole lives around disguised animal thoughts.  Meaningful Quotation by Barbara Kingsolver, Animal Dreams

   I demand of you, and of the whole world, that you show me a generic character... by which to distinguish between Man and Ape. I myself most assuredly know of none.  Good Quote by Carl Linnaeus, 1788

   Such is the human race, often it seems a pity that Noah... didn't miss the boat.  Wise Phrase by Mark Twain

   Cabbage: a familiar kitchen-garden vegetable about as large and wise as a man's head.  Wise Phrase by Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary

   Man talks about everything, and he talks about everything as though the understanding of everything were all inside him.  Famous Saying by Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

   Zoo: An excellent place to study the habits of human beings.  Nice Word by Evan Esar

   The chief obstacle to the progress of the human race is the human race.  Meaningful Quotation by Don Marquis

   Human nature, if healthy, demands excitement; and if it does not obtain its thrilling excitement in the right way, it will seek it in the wrong. God never makes bloodless stoics; He makes no passionless saints.  Good Quote by Oswald Chambers

   Ocean: A body of water occupying two-thirds of a world made for man - who has no gills.  Wise Phrase by Ambrose Bierce

   Ultimately, aren't we all just talking monkeys with an attitude problem?  Wise Phrase by Uncle Ben, as seen on Quotes 'R' Us

   Human beings cling to their delicious tyrannies and to their exquisite nonsense, till death stares them in the face.  Famous Saying by Sydney Smith

   Give a man secure possession of a bleak rock, and he will turn it into a garden; give him nine years' lease of a garden, and he will convert it into a desert.  Nice Word by Arthur Young, Travels in France, 1792



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