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Every human heart is human.
Every human heart is human.
Never to blend our pleasure or our pride
With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels.
Never to blend our pleasure or our pride
With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels.
If the whole human race lay in one grave, the epitaph on the headstone might well be: "It seemed a read more
If the whole human race lay in one grave, the epitaph on the headstone might well be: "It seemed a good idea at the time.".
Humans can learn to like anything, that's why we are such a successful species. You can drop humans anywhere and read more
Humans can learn to like anything, that's why we are such a successful species. You can drop humans anywhere and they'll thrive--only the rat does as well.
It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.
It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it.
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck by the read more
Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck by the difference between what things are and what they might have been.
The natural man has only two primal passions: to get and beget.
The natural man has only two primal passions: to get and beget.
Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.rn
Humanitarianism consists in never sacrificing a human being to a purpose.rn
An inadvertent step may crush the snail
That crawls at evening in the public path.
But he read more
An inadvertent step may crush the snail
That crawls at evening in the public path.
But he that has humanity, forewarned,
Will turn aside and let the reptile live.