Human nature Quotes

"A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good." "The worst enemy of peace is indifference." "The fundamental problem with the human species is an excess." "The plague of man is boasting of his knowledge." "More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones" "The discipline of desire is the background of character." "We are like chameleons, we take our hue and the color of our moral character from those who are around us." "I no doubt deserved my enemies, but" "To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment" "The unhappy derive comfort from the misfortunes of others" "Human kind cannot bear very much reality" "What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly" "In this world there are only two tragedies. One is not getting what one wants, and the other is getting it." "We are each our own devil, and we make this world our hell." "Whenever a man does a thoroughly stupid thing, it is always from the noblest motives."