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Quote by George Orwell
Society has always seemed to demand a little more from human being

Society has always seemed to demand a little more from human beings than it will get in practice. – George Orwell

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Mankind is not likely to salvage civilization unless he can evolve a system of good and evil which is independent of heaven and hell. – George Orwell

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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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I have often had the impression that, to penguins, man is just another penguin — different, less predictable, occasionally violent, but tolerable company when he sits still and minds his own business. – Bernard Stonehouse

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We are not human beings having a spiritual experience. We are spiritual beings having a human experience. – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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Everyone is as God made him, and often a good deal worse. – Miguel de Cervantes

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Before I had kids Id go out on the road for months and months at a time, but now I dont think Id want to do that anymore, because Id miss too much time at home, so its just a matter of monitoring how much work that I do and how much time Im on the road. – Harry Connick, Jr.

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Nature, to be commanded, must be obeyed. – Francis Bacon, Novum Organum, 1620

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