Maxioms Pet

X
  •   18  /  30  

    Give a small boy a hammer and he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding.

Share to:

You May Also Like   /   View all maxioms

  ( comments )
  19  /  22  

It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it.

It is better for civilization to be going down the drain than to be coming up it.

by Henry Allen Found in: Humanity Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  30  /  11  

Never to blend our pleasure or our pride
With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels.

Never to blend our pleasure or our pride
With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels.

by William Wordsworth Found in: Humanity Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  32  /  18  

If we consider the superiority of the human species, the size of its brain, its powers of thinking, language and read more

If we consider the superiority of the human species, the size of its brain, its powers of thinking, language and organization, we can say this: were there the slightest possibility that another rival or superior species might appear, on earth or elsewhere, man would use every means at his disposal to destroy it.

by Jean Baudrillard Found in: Humanity Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  12  /  19  

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck by the read more

Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck by the difference between what things are and what they might have been.

by William Hazlitt Found in: Humanity Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  30  /  23  

Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.rn

Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.rn

by Albert Schweitzer Found in: Humanity Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  8  /  16  

Over the brink of it
Picture it--think of it,
Dissolute man.
Lave in it--drink read more

Over the brink of it
Picture it--think of it,
Dissolute man.
Lave in it--drink of it
Then, if you can.

by Thomas Hood Found in: Humanity Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  21  /  19  

But hearing oftentimes
The still, sad music of humanity.

But hearing oftentimes
The still, sad music of humanity.

by William Wordsworth Found in: Humanity Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  16  /  28  

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

There is nothing on earth divine except humanity.

by Walter S. Landor Found in: Humanity Quotes,
Share to:
  ( comments )
  14  /  16  

W'en you see a man in woe,
Walk right up and say "hullo."
Say "hullo" and "how read more

W'en you see a man in woe,
Walk right up and say "hullo."
Say "hullo" and "how d'ye do,"
"How's the world a-usin' you?"
. . . .
W'en you travel through the strange
Country t'other side the range,
Then the souls you've cheered will know
Who you be, an' say "hullo."

by Sam Walter Foss Found in: Humanity Quotes,
Share to:
Maxioms Web Pet