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Human behavior Quotes

"Behavior is what a man does, not what he thinks, feels, or believes "

"Cultural evolution does not obey the laws of genetics."

"The tendency to socialize is primitive and for this reason progress finds a degree of acceptance on all sides and is not met with as much opposition as formerly."

"The virtues are lost in self-interest as rivers are lost in the sea"

"You cannot control your own population by force, but it can be distracted by consumption."

"The more that laws and regulations are given prominence, the more thieves and robbers there will be."

"Nobody enjoys the company of others as intensely as someone who usually avoids the company of others"

"If you treat people right they will treat you right—ninety percent of the time"

"The consequences of an act affect the probability of its occurring again"

"The fundamental reason why the rationalist argument fails is that it presupposes a pleasure which does not exist."

"It’s the invention of clothes, not nature, that made “private parts” private"

"Half the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important"

"Fiction isn’t bad. It is vital. Without commonly accepted stories about things like money, states or corporations, no complex human society can function"

"Society has always to demand a little more from human beings than it will get in practice"

"I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts"

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