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Human nature doesn't include all human beings, there are...

Human nature doesn't include all human beings, there are human beings who are indifferent to politics, religion, virtually anything.

Quote by Conor Cruise O'Brien about nature, human imperfections, politics, religion

Human material seems to have one major defect: it does not like to be considered merely as human material. It finds it hard to endure the feeling that it must resign itself to passive acceptance of changes introduced from above.

Quote by Czeslaw Milosz about people, human imperfections

Human vigor, the vigor of human species lies in the...

Human vigor, the vigor of human species lies in the ability to create myth, new myths.

Quote by Nicolae Breban about people, myth, human imperfections, ability

Human beings, who are almost unique in having the ability to learn from the experience of others, are also remarkable for their apparent disinclination to do so.

Quote by Douglas Adams about ability, experience, human imperfections

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be...

Human life is everywhere a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about state, human imperfections, life

Human beings must be known to be loved, but Divine beings...

Human beings must be known to be loved, but Divine beings must be loved to be known.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about love, human imperfections

Human cloning is coming.

Human cloning is coming.

Quote by Mike Pence about people, human imperfections

Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow...

Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home.

Quote by Bill Crosby about people, earth, home, children, human imperfections

Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of...

Human felicity is produced not as much by great pieces of good fortune that seldom happen as by little advantages that occur every day.

Quote by Benjamin Franklin about happiness, wealth, human imperfections, day, good, good luck

Human destiny knows no greater threat than death for...

Human destiny knows no greater threat than death for unknown reasons!

Quote by Ramon Gomez de la Serna about destiny, death, human imperfections

Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely...

Humans are not proud of their ancestors, and rarely invite them round to dinner.

Quote by Douglas Adams about ancestors, people, proudness

Human nature is so well disposed towards those who are in interesting situations, that a young person, who either marries or dies, is sure of being kindly spoken of.

Quote by Jane Austen about nature, people, human imperfections, being

Human nature is not of itself vicious.

Human nature is not of itself vicious.

Quote by Thomas Paine about nature, human imperfections

Humanity is the sin of God.

Humanity is the sin of God.

Quote by Theodore Parker about god, humanity, sin

Humans: become atheists each and all! God will...

Humans: become atheists each and all! God will nevertheless welcome you with all his heart!

Quote by Giovanni Papini about god, atheism, people, heart, contentment

Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war, on whose stage of death and pain only remain standing the negotiating table that could and should have prevented it.

Quote by Papa John Paul II about humanity, question, pain, absurd, war, death

Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is...

Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of juvenile folly and ignorant superstition.

Quote by Isaac Asimov about future, superstitions, burden, celebrity, stars, humanity

Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man.

Humanity is the virtue of a woman, generosity that of a man.

Quote by Adam Smith about generosity, humanity, virtue, woman, man

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.

Humankind cannot bear very much reality.

Quote by Thomas Stearns Eliot about reality

The appeal of literature is that it is so thoroughly a human thing-by, for and about human beings. If you lose that focus, you obviate the source of the power and permanence of literature.

Quote by M. H. Abrams about literature, concentration, human imperfections, power, things, contentment

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