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Alexander Hamilton realized that warfare was part and parcel of human nature, and it's something we had to prepare for.

Quote by Paula Abdul about war, nature, human imperfections

In athletics there's always been a willingness to cheat if it looks like you're not cheating. I think that's just a quirk of human nature.

Quote by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar about cheating, nature, human imperfections, contentment

The survival of artistic modes in which we recognize ourselves, identify ourselves and place ourselves will survive as long as humanity survives.

Quote by M. H. Abrams about survival, humanity

To photograph truthfully and effectively is to see beneath the surfaces and record the qualities of nature and humanity which live or are latent in all things.

Quote by Ansel Adams about opinion, humanity, nature, things

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

Quote by Douglas Adams about ancestors, people, proudness

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.

Quote by Walter Bagehot about pain, idea, nature, human imperfections

The being without an opinion is so painful to human nature that most people will leap to a hasty opinion rather than undergo it.

Quote by Walter Bagehot about opinion, nature, human imperfections, being, people

Knowledge of human nature is the beginning and end of political education.

Quote by Henry B. Adams about beginning, education, knowledge, nature, human imperfections, end

Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle behind lotteries, dating, and religion.

Quote by Scott Adams about people, principle, religion, nothing, things

Reporters thrive on the world's misfortune. For this reason they often take an indecent pleasure in events that dismay the rest of humanity.

Quote by Russell Baker about events, humanity, pleasure, rest, reason, world

All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.

Quote by Honoré de Balzac about humanity, religion, history, art, magic

Man is subject to innumerable pains and sorrows by the very condition of humanity, and yet, as if nature had not sown evils enough in life, we are continually adding grief to grief and aggravating the common calamity by our cruel treatment of one...

Quote by Joseph Addison about sadness, humanity, common sense, nature, man, life

Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature.

Quote by Joseph Addison about weakness, nature, human imperfections

What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; but scattered along life's pathway, the good they do is inconceivable.

Quote by Joseph Addison about flowers, humanity, good, good luck, life

All human actions have one or more of these seven causes: chance, nature, compulsions, habit, reason, passion, desire.

Quote by Aristotel about people, habits, chance, reason, nature, human imperfections

I cannot help thinking that the menace of Hell makes as many devils as the severe penal codes of inhuman humanity make villains.

Quote by George Gordon Byron about devil, criminals, humanity, hell, thinking, help

Even the most malignant gods would not continue to inflict life upon humanity, time without end.

Quote by Taylor Caldwell about gods, humanity, end, time, life

It is human nature to instinctively rebel at obscurity or ordinariness.

Quote by Taylor Caldwell about nature, human imperfections

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

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature.

Quote by Charles Dickens about nature, human imperfections, contentment