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Human-nature Quotes

"There is no fire like passion. There is no shark like hatred. There is no snare like folly. There is no torrent like greed."

"To make no mistakes is not in the power of man; but from their errors and mistakes the wise and good learn wisdom for the future."

"When one loses a sense of fundamental dignity, one is appalled by vanity in others."

"He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts"

"Since love and fear can hardly exist together"

"Is an intelligent human being likely to be much more than a large-scale manufacturer of misunderstanding?"

"Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath."

"A common mistake is assuming that civilization will consistently advance in productive ways without considering the role of human nature and unpredictability in influencing progress."

"We used to wonder where war lived, what it was that made it so vile. And now we realize that we know where it lives, that it is inside ourselves"

"People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories"

"If we were not all so excessively interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it"

"Common sense is something that everyone needs, few have"

"The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe"

"Forbid us something, and that thing we desire"

"There are two types of people in this world, good and bad. The good sleep better, but the bad seem to enjoy the waking hours much more."

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