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Mankind Quotes - Page 10

We feel that this stands as a symbol of the insatiable curiosity of all mankind to explore the unknown.

Buzz Aldrin, Ken Abraham (2009). “Magnificent Desolation: The Long Journey Home from the Moon”, p.51, Crown Archetype

The wickedness of mankind makes it necessary for the law to suppose them better than they really are.

Charles de Secondat, Baron de Montesquieu (2015). “The Spirit of Laws”, p.125, Library of Alexandria

Th' unwilling gratitude of base mankind!

Alexander Pope, Alexander Dyce (1856). “The Poetical Works of Alexander Pope”, p.57

The individual succumbs, but he does not die if he has left something to mankind.

Will Durant, Ariel Durant (1957). “The Story of Civilization: The Reformation”

Mankind may be divided into playgoers and not playgoers.

Vernon Lee (1907). “Hortus Vitae: And Limbo”

The anchor of all my dreams is the collective wisdom of mankind as a whole.

Nelson Mandela (2011). “Conversations With Myself”, p.155, Pan Macmillan

Man is not at peace with himself till he has become like unto God.

Mahatma Gandhi (2010). “The Bhagavad Gita According to Gandhi”, p.18, North Atlantic Books

The study of crime begins with the knowledge of oneself.

Henry Miller (1970). “The Air-Conditioned Nightmare”, p.87, New Directions Publishing

It's not a certain society that seems ridiculous to me, it's mankind.

"Encyclopedia of World Biography". Book by Suzanne Michele Bourgoin et al., p. 132, 1998.

It were no slight attainment could we merely fulfil what the nature of man implies.

Epictetus (1866). “The Works of Epictetus: Consisting of His Discourses, in Four Books, the Enchiridion, and Fragments”, p.117

What is a miracle?--'Tis a reproach, 'Tis an implicit satire on mankind; And while it satisfies, it censures too.

Edward Young (1839). “Night thoughts on life, death, and immortality. [Followed by] A paraphrase on part of the book of Job”, p.228