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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.
Man must realize his own unimportance before he can appreciate his importance.
Man must realize his own unimportance before he can appreciate his importance.
The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.
The world is a stage, but the play is badly cast.
Man is physically as well as metaphysically a thing of shreds and patches, borrowed unequally from good and bad ancestors, read more
Man is physically as well as metaphysically a thing of shreds and patches, borrowed unequally from good and bad ancestors, and a misfit from the start.
Humanity to me is not a mob. A mob is a degeneration of humanity. A mob is humanity going the read more
Humanity to me is not a mob. A mob is a degeneration of humanity. A mob is humanity going the wrong way.
Humanism, it seems, is almost impossible in America where material progress is part of the national romance whereas in Europe read more
Humanism, it seems, is almost impossible in America where material progress is part of the national romance whereas in Europe such progress is relished because it feels nice.
Our humanity is a poor thing, except for the divinity that stirs within us.
Our humanity is a poor thing, except for the divinity that stirs within us.
For the interesting and inspiring thing about America, gentlemen,
is that she asks nothing for herself except what she read more
For the interesting and inspiring thing about America, gentlemen,
is that she asks nothing for herself except what she has a right
to ask for humanity itself.
It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.
It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.
