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    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.

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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.

It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.

by Saint Augustine Found in: Humanity Quotes,
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There are 193 living species of monkeys and apes. 192 of them are covered with hair. The exception is a read more

There are 193 living species of monkeys and apes. 192 of them are covered with hair. The exception is a naked ape, self-named Homo Sapiens.

by Desmond Morris Found in: Humanity Quotes,
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I am mortal. I am born to love and to suffer.

I am mortal. I am born to love and to suffer.

by Friedrich Holderlin Found in: Humanity Quotes,
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The human spirit is your specifically human dimension and contains abilities other creatures do not have. Every human is spiritual; read more

The human spirit is your specifically human dimension and contains abilities other creatures do not have. Every human is spiritual; in fact, spirit is the essence of being human. You have a body that may become ill; you have a psyche that may become disturbed. But the spirit is what you are. It is your healthy core.

by Joseph Fabry Found in: Humanity Quotes,
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Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore?

by Henry Ward Beecher Found in: Humanity Quotes,
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If the whole human race lay in one grave, the epitaph on the headstone might well be: "It seemed a read more

If the whole human race lay in one grave, the epitaph on the headstone might well be: "It seemed a good idea at the time.".

by Rebecca West Found in: Humanity Quotes,
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It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.

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He had the uneasy manner of a man who is not among his own kind, and who has not seen read more

He had the uneasy manner of a man who is not among his own kind, and who has not seen enought of the world to feel that all people are in some sense his own kind.

by Willa Cather Found in: Humanity Quotes,
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For nothing human foreign was to him.

For nothing human foreign was to him.

by James Thomson (1) Found in: Humanity Quotes,
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