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Human Quotes

"Every single human being should be the fulfilment of a prophecy: for every human being should be the realisation of some ideal, either in the mind of God or in the mind of man."

"Every single human being should be the fulfilment of a prophecy: for every human being should be the realisation of some ideal, either in the mind of God or in the mind of man."

Oscar Wilde, Irish Dramatist

Human, Ideal, Mind, God

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"Man is a problem-creating animal."

"Man is a problem-creating animal."

Marty Rubin, American Author

Human, Problem, Behavior, Life

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"We are but a bunch of neurons."

"We are but a bunch of neurons."

Abhijit Naskar, Indian Author

Human, Truth, Life, Wisdom, Power

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"Try to understand men. If you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and almost always leads to love."

"Try to understand men. If you understand each other you will be kind to each other. Knowing a man well never leads to hate and almost always leads to love."

John Steinbeck, American Author

Human, Understanding, Kindness, Love, Empathy

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"Good God, what a mess of draggle-tail impulses a man is--and a woman too, I guess."

"Good God, what a mess of draggle-tail impulses a man is--and a woman too, I guess."

John Steinbeck, American Author

Human, Nature, Truth, Complexity

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"Every human being desires love and happiness."

"Every human being desires love and happiness."

Lailah Gifty Akita, Ghanaian Author

Human, Love, Happiness, Desires

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"He'd have improved if you'd not givenHim a mere glimmer of the light in heaven;He calls it Reason, and it has only increasedHis power to be beastlier than a beast."

"He'd have improved if you'd not givenHim a mere glimmer of the light in heaven;He calls it Reason, and it has only increasedHis power to be beastlier than a beast."

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German Poet

Human, Reason, Humanity, Light, Knowledge

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