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"An inability to stay quiet is one of the conspicuous failings of mankind."
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"If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures."
"The world is indeed comic, but the joke is on mankind."
"The histories of mankind are histories only of the higher classes."
"We should expect the best and the worst of mankind, as from the weather."
"A large part of mankind is angry not with the sins, but with the sinners."
"To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, must surely be more beneficial to mankind."
"Mankind have their local attachments. They have a particular regard for the spot, in which they were born and nurtured."
"Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind."
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"A schoolmaster should have an atmosphere of awe, and walk wonderingly, as if he was amazed at being himself."
"Public opinion is a permeating influence, and it exacts obedience to itself; it requires us to drink other men's thoughts, to speak other men's words, to follow other men's habits."
"The being without an opinion is so painful to human nature that most people will leap to a hasty opinion rather than undergo it."
"Poverty is an anomaly to rich people; it is very difficult to make out why people who want dinner do not ring the bell."
"Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women who make advances to them."
"Dullness in matters of government is a good sign, and not a bad one - in particular, dullness in parliamentary government is a test of its excellence, an indication of its success."
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