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    Give a small boy a hammer and he will find that everything he encounters needs pounding.

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Which is it, is man one of God's blunders or is God one of man's?

Which is it, is man one of God's blunders or is God one of man's?

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I am a man; nothing human is alien to me.

I am a man; nothing human is alien to me.

by Terence Found in: Humanity Quotes,
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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.

by William Hazlitt Found in: Humanity Quotes,
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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.

by William Wordsworth Found in: Humanity Quotes,
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Our humanity is a poor thing, except for the divinity that stirs within us.

Our humanity is a poor thing, except for the divinity that stirs within us.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Humanity Quotes,
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Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence.

Man is as full of potentiality as he is of impotence.

by George Santayana Found in: Humanity Quotes,
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The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.

The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.

by Voltaire Found in: Humanity Quotes, People Quotes,
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It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.

It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.

by Saint Augustine Found in: Humanity Quotes,
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If each man or woman could understand that every other human life is as full of sorrows, or joys, or read more

If each man or woman could understand that every other human life is as full of sorrows, or joys, or base temptations, of heartaches and of remorse as his own . . . how much kinder, how much gentler he would be.

by William Allen White Found in: Humanity Quotes,
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