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Nine-tenths of the miseries and vices of mankind proceed from idleness.

No country can find eternal peace and comfort where the vote of Judas Iscariot is as good as the vote of the Saviour of mankind.

Nonviolence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind.

Nor all America can claim him now: Forevermore he is Mankind's and God's.

Nothing is so fortunate for mankind as its diversity of opinion.

Not nature, but the "genius of mankind," has knotted the hangman's noose with which it can execute itself at any moment.

No true and permanent fame can be founded, except in labors which promote the happiness of mankind.

Nuptial love makes mankind; friendly love perfects it; but wanton love corrupts and debases it.

Of all human powers operating on the affairs of mankind, none is greater than that of competition.

Of mankind in general, the parts are greater than the whole.

Only the naive inflationist's could believe that government could enrich mankind through fiat money.

One great error is that we suppose mankind more honest than they are.

Only a fool is astonished by the foolishness of mankind.

Only in books has mankind known perfect truth, love and beauty.

Our ground of hope is that God does not weary of mankind.

Our individual life is brief, and perhaps the whole life of mankind will be brief if measured in astronomical scale

O Poverty, thy thousand ills combined Sink not so deep into the generous mind, As the contempt and laughter of mankind.

Pain and Oblivion make mankind afraid to die; but all creatures are afraid of the one, none but mankind afraid of the other.

Persons visited by the angel quiver with a thrill unknown to the rest of mankind

Peace depends ultimately not on political arrangements but on the conscience of mankind.

Poetry is the universal possession of mankind, revealing itself everywhere, and at all times, in hundreds and hundreds of men.

Poetry is in itself strength and joy, whether it be crowned by all mankind, or left alone in its own magic hermitage.

Power is what spoils people. Yes, it seems to me that the seeking after power is the great danger and the great corruptor of mankind.

Poor man. Poor mankind.

Poverty can turn a person into a flaming torch for change and revolution, without which mankind would come to a standstill.

Property is surely a right of mankind as real as liberty.

Property monopolized or in the possession of a few is a curse to mankind.

Progress of mankind is the decadence of humanity.

Read, think well of mankind, go to our libraries and rejoice.

Poetry is the mysticism of mankind.

Religion is the venereal disease of mankind.

Religion is the worst thing that ever happened to mankind - the ironic part is that it's presented as a good thing, and its effect is absolutely catastrophic to individuals and to societies.

So perverse is mankind that every nationality prefers to be misgoverned by its own people than to be well ruled by another

Scientific thought and its creation is the common and shared heritage of mankind.

Sickness is mankind's greatest defect.

Since the beginning of time mankind has used music and dance to commune with the Spirit of Nature and the Spirit of the Universe…

Statesman are suspected of plotting against mankind, rather than consulting their interests, and are esteemed more crafty than learned.

Stephen Hawking implies that we are living in a Godless Universe or a Kingless Kingdom! In that case, Mankind must ascend the throne.

Such to me is the new image of aging; growth in self, and service for all mankind.

Superstition belongs to the essence of mankind and takes refuge, when one thinks one has suppressed it completely, in the strangest nooks and crannies; once it is safely ensconced there, it suddenly reappears.

Surely the church is a place where one day's truce ought to be allowed to the dissensions and animosities of mankind.

That incessant envy wherewith the common rate of mankind pursues all superior natures to their own.

Shame greatly hurts or greatly helps mankind.

That is probable which for the most part usually comes to pass, or which is a part of the ordinary beliefs of mankind.

That which is inherent in man is his virtue.

That’s my idea of what a portrait ought to be, anonymous and documentary and a straightforward picture of mankind.

The act of naming is the great and solemn consolation of mankind

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

The armament industry is indeed one of the greatest dangers that beset mankind. It is the hidden evil power.

The augmentation of slaves weakens the states; and such a trade is diabolical in itself, and disgraceful to mankind.