Human Quotes
The perfect joys of heaven do not satisfy the cravings of nature.
Huxley, Aldous
Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted.
Johnson, Samuel
Everything that enlarges the sphere of human powers, that shows man he can do what he thought he could not do, is valuable.
Keats, John
Scenery is fine - but human nature is finer.
Lawrence, D.H.
The great mass of humanity should never learn to read or write.
Mencken, H.L.
Neither sex, without some fertilization of the complimentary characters of the other, is capable of the highest reaches of human endeavor. -- H. L. Mencken
Molière, Jean B.
It disturbs me no more to find men base, unjust, or selfish than to see apes mischievous, wolves savage, or the vulture ravenous. -- Jean B. Moliere
Sartre, Jean-Paul
The existentialist says at once that man is anguish. -- Jean-Paul Sartre
Steinbeck, John
Man, unlike any other thing organic or inorganic in the universe, grows beyond his work, walks up the stairs of his concepts, emerges ahead of his accomplishments.
Temple, William
Man alone is born crying, lives complaining, and dies disappointed.