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    I find it interesting that the meanest life, the poorest existence, is attributed to God's will, but as human beings become more affluent, as their living standard and style begin to ascend the material scale, God descends the scale of responsibility

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If out of all mankind one finds a single friend, he has found something more precious than any treasure, since read more

If out of all mankind one finds a single friend, he has found something more precious than any treasure, since there is nothing in the world so valuable that it can be compared to a real friend.

by Andreas Capellanus Found in: Mankind Quotes,
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The most acute social priority is for individuals to clean up their own mental and emotional messes. -Doc Childre.

The most acute social priority is for individuals to clean up their own mental and emotional messes. -Doc Childre.

by Doc Childre Found in: Mankind Quotes,
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We must be our own before we can be another's.

We must be our own before we can be another's.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Mankind Quotes,
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Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.

Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.

by Aldous Huxley Found in: Mankind Quotes,
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The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving.

The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving.

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Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human read more

Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race

by Bertrand Russell Found in: Mankind Quotes,
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Each of us inevitable; Each of us limitless - each of us with his or her right upon the earth; read more

Each of us inevitable; Each of us limitless - each of us with his or her right upon the earth; Each of us allowed the eternal purports of the earth; Each of us here as divinely as any is here. -Walt Whitman.

by Walt Whitman Found in: Mankind Quotes,
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No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the read more

No man is an Island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the Continent, a part of the main; if a clod be washed away by the sea, Europe is the less, as well as if a promontory were, as well as if a manor of thy friends or of thine own were; any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in Mankind; And therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; It tolls for thee. More mankind quotes coming soon. If you have a quote or proverb about mankind, please use the "Submit a Quote" form below to have your mankind quote reviewed by an editor. Suggestions or comments on this site? Send an email -John Donne.

by John Donne Found in: Mankind Quotes,
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Every one is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody

Every one is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody

by Mark Twain Found in: Mankind Quotes,
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