"To govern mankind, one must not overrate them."

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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."

George Gissing, British Novelist

Mankind, Nations, Stupidity

"The histories of mankind are histories only of the higher classes."

Thomas Malthus, English Economist

Mankind,

"One sees a blatant disregard for the precious souls of mankind."

Thomas S. Monson, American Clergyman

Mankind,

"According to the now almost universally accepted theory, all the races of mankind had a common origin."

Ellsworth Huntington, American Educator

Mankind, Now, Theory

"To live in mankind is far more than to live in a name."

Vachel Lindsay, American Poet

Mankind, Name

"Mankind, in all his lusts, punishes himself. The gods have to do very little."

Criss Jami, American Philosopher

Mankind, Behavior, Punishment, Philosophy, Truth

"She has great problems of her own to solve, very grim and perilous problems, and a right solution, if we can attain to it, would largely benefit mankind."

Henry Cabot Lodge, American Politician

Mankind, Problems, Right, Solution

"We should expect the best and the worst of mankind, as from the weather."

Marquis De Vauvenargues, French Philosopher

Mankind, Weather

"General consultant to mankind."

George Bernard Shaw, Irish Dramatist

Mankind,

"Visions describe what best should be, could be - if and when mankind has the will to make them real."

James Rouse, American Businessman

Mankind, Visions, Will

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"Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be clear."

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"Take the tone of the company you are in."

Adaptation

"Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible."

Will

"Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding."

Appearance

"I find, by experience, that the mind and the body are more than married, for they are most intimately united; and when one suffers, the other sympathizes."

Experience

"Honest error is to be pitied, not ridiculed."

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"Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison."

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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."

"The histories of mankind are histories only of the higher classes."

"One sees a blatant disregard for the precious souls of mankind."

"According to the now almost universally accepted theory, all the races of mankind had a common origin."

"To live in mankind is far more than to live in a name."

"Mankind, in all his lusts, punishes himself. The gods have to do very little."

"She has great problems of her own to solve, very grim and perilous problems, and a right solution, if we can attain to it, would largely benefit mankind."

"We should expect the best and the worst of mankind, as from the weather."

"General consultant to mankind."

"Visions describe what best should be, could be - if and when mankind has the will to make them real."

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"Hear one side and you will be in the dark. Hear both and all will be clear."

"Take the tone of the company you are in."

"Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible."

"Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding."

"Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least."

"Our own self-love draws a thick veil between us and our faults."

"If you would convince others, seem open to conviction yourself."

"I find, by experience, that the mind and the body are more than married, for they are most intimately united; and when one suffers, the other sympathizes."

"Honest error is to be pitied, not ridiculed."

"Good humor is the health of the soul, sadness is its poison."