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Quote by Albert Einstein
If men as individuals surrender to the call of their elementary in

If men as individuals surrender to the call of their elementary instincts, avoiding pain and seeking satisfaction only for their own selves, the result for them all taken together must be a state of insecurity, of fear, and of promiscuous misery. – Albert Einstein

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There is not, in my opinion, anything more mysterious in nature than this instinct in animals, which thus rise above reason, and yet fall infinitely short of it. – Joseph Addison

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A few strong instincts and a few plain rules suffice us. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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