Mankind(Related Subjects: Men And Women)

So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity. Andre Gide (1869 - 1951) To deny our own impulses is to deny the very thing that makes us human. Andy and Larry Wachowski, The Matrix, 1999 It has been said that man is a rational animal. All my life I have been searching for evidence which could support this. Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970) I have discovered that all human evil comes from this, man's being unable to sit still in a room. Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662) The fates have given mankind a patient soul. Homer (800 BC - 700 BC), The Iliad I hate mankind, for I think myself one of the best of them, and I know how bad I am. Joseph Baretti, quoted in Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty. Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948) It was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race. Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Man is the Only Animal that Blushes. Or needs to. Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Following the Equator (1897) I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability. Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900) Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature. Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902) As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly. Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784) The world is my country, all mankind are my brethren, and to do good is my religion. Thomas Paine (1737 - 1809)