The duty of man is the same in respect to his own nature as in respect to the nature of all other things, namely not to follow it but to amend it.
The duty of man is the same in respect to his own nature as in respect to the nature of all other things, namely not to follow it but to amend it.
There is not a soul who does not have to beg alms of another, either a smile, a h , shake, or a fond eye.
I love to deal with doctrines and events. The contests of men about men I greatly dislike.
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.
It is true that we are weak and sick and ugly and quarrelsome but if that is all we ever were, we would millenniums ago have disappeared from the face of the earth.
All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.
Without hurting anybody, we all tend to laugh at others’ discomfort. When someone slips on a banana skin and falls it’s funny.
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