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"Mankind, in all his lusts, punishes himself. The gods have to do very little."
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"The proper study of mankind is woman."
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"The augmentation of slaves weakens the states; and such a trade is diabolical in itself, and disgraceful to mankind."
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"If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?"
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"By a Carpenter mankind was made, and only by that Carpenter can mankind be remade."
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"It is because nations tend towards stupidity and baseness that mankind moves so slowly; it is because individuals have a capacity for better things that it moves at all."
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"An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind."
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"A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners."
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"All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind."
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"The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity."
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Explore more quotes by Henry B. Adams
"A teacher affects eternity he can never tell, where his influence stops."
Influence
"Philosophy: Unintelligible answers to insoluble problems."
Answers
"Chaos was the law of nature; Order was the dream of man."
Nature
"The proper study of mankind is woman."
Mankind
"No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else."
Man
"The press is the hired agent of a monied system, and set up for no other purpose than to tell lies where their interests are involved. One can trust nobody and nothing."
Trust
"He too serves a certain purpose who only stands and cheers."
Purpose
"American society is a sort of flat, fresh-water pond which absorbs silently, without reaction, anything which is thrown into it."
Society
"The difference is slight, to the influence of an author, whether he is read by five hundred readers, or by five hundred thousand; if he can select the five hundred, he reaches the five hundred thousand."
Difference
"A friend in power is a friend lost."
Friendship
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