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Quote by Samuel Johnson
As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now

As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly. – Samuel Johnson

Other quotes by Samuel Johnson

It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality. – Samuel Johnson

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Equality
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Samuel Johnson
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While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert only irritates. You must wait till it be digested, and then amusement will dissipate the remains of it. – Samuel Johnson

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Broken Hearts
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Samuel Johnson
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Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man. – William Ralph Inge

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O poor mortals, how ye make this earth bitter for each other. – Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution

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Humankind

Man, when he is merely what he seems to be, is almost nothing. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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Humankind

The thief and the murderer follow nature just as much as the philanthropist. – T.H. Huxley, “Evolution and Ethics,” 1893

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Justifying conscription to promote the cause of liberty is one of the most bizarre notions ever conceived by man! Forced servitude, with the risk of death and serious injury as a price to live free, makes no sense. – Ron Paul

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If a man would live in peace he should be blind, deaf, and dumb. – Proverb

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He makes people pleased with him by making them first pleased with themselves. – Lord Chesterfield

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Happiness is good health and a bad memory. – Ingrid Bergman

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