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Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be. – William Hazlitt, The English Comic Writers, 1819

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I viewed my fellow man not as a fallen angel, but as a risen ape. – Desmond Morris, The Naked Ape

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

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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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We have a world for each one, but we do not have a world for all. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by argument or emotional appeal. – Marilyn Ferguson

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I value the friend who for me finds time on his calendar, but I cherish the friend who for me does not consult his calendar. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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Life is hard its harder if youre stupid. – John Wayne

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Not using faults does not mean that one does not have them. – Antonio Porchia, Voces, 1943, translated from Spanish by W.S. Merwin

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