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Human beings cling to their delicious tyrannies and to their exqui

Human beings cling to their delicious tyrannies and to their exquisite nonsense, till death stares them in the face. – Sydney Smith

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In the country I always fear that creation will expire before tea-time. – Sydney Smith

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A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience. – Sydney Smith

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The human species is made up of seven billion subspecies each consisting of one specimen. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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I do not value any view of the universe into which man and the institutions of man enter very largely and absorb much of the attention. Man is but the place where I stand, and the prospect hence is infinite. – Henry David Thoreau, journal, 1852 April 2nd

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It is easier to denature plutonium than to denature the evil spirit of man. – Albert Einstein

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Humankind

Man desired concord; but nature knows better what is good for his species; she desires discord. Man wants to live easy and content; but nature compels him to leave ease… and throw himself into roils and labors. – Immanuel Kant, Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Purpose, 1787

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Shrinking away from death is something unhealthy and abnormal which robs the second half of life of its purpose. – Carl Jung

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Sometimes a noble failure serves the world as faithfully as a distinguished success. – Edward Dowden

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Next to acquiring good friends, the best acquisition is that of good books. – Charles Caleb Colton

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