Quotes About Humanity

Kings and philosophers shit, and so do ladies. Even on the highest throne in the world, we are seated still upon our arses.

Não há nada tão belo e legítimo quanto ser um homem de forma boa e adequada, nem conhecimento tão difícil de adquirir quanto o conhecimento de como viver esta vida bem e com naturalidade; e a mais bárbara de nossas doenças é desprezar o nosso ser.

There is nothing more unsociable than man, and nothing more sociable: unsociable by his vice, sociable by his nature.

is only certain that there is nothing certain, and that nothing is more miserable or more proud than man.Nat. Hist., ii. 7.]

Man is indeed an object miraculously vain, various and wavering. It is difficult to found a judgement on him which is steady and uniform.

Just as any foreigner is not fully human.]

Il n'est rien qui tente mes larmes que les larmes.

We are all lumps, and of so various and inform a contexture, that every piece plays, every moment, its own game, and there is as much difference betwixt us and ourselves as betwixt us and others.

La presunción es nuestra enfermedad natural y primera. La más frágil y discutible de las criaturas es el hombre, y a la vez la más orgullosa

Sou sociável ao excesso. Por isso me parece razoável subtrair da vista das pessoas a minha importunidade para incubá-la sozinho, e encolher-me e recolher-me em minha carapaça, como as tartarugas. Aprendo a ver os homens sem a eles me agarrar: isso seria um ultraje quando o passo é tão cambaleante.

Wij zijn niets dan stukjes en beetjes, verweven tot zó'n vormeloos en onsamenhangend geheel dat elk onderdeel, elk moment, een eigen rol speelt. En er bestaat evenveel onderscheid tussen ons en onszelf als tussen ons en de ander.

Her insanda, insanl???n bütün hâlleri vard?r.

Ä°nsan?n doÄŸuÅŸunu görmekten herkes kaçar, ama ölümünü görmeÄŸe hep koÅŸa koÅŸa gideriz. Ä°nsan? öldürmek için gün ?????nda geniÅŸ meydanlar arar?z, ama onu yaratmak için karanl?k köÅŸelere gizleniriz. Ä°nsan? yaparken gizlenip utanmak bir ödev, onu öldürmesini bilmekse birçok erdemleri içine alan bir ÅŸereftir.

En az bildiÄŸimiz ÅŸeyler tanr?laÅŸmaya en elveriÅŸli olanlard?r. Onun içindir ki Yunanl?lar?n, biz insanlar? tanr?laÅŸt?rmalar?na bir türlü ak?l erdiremem.

Gjør vi ikke oss selv til dyr når vi kaller den handling som skaper oss dyrisk?

Vi gjør kanskje rett i å klandre oss selv for å frembringe noe så tåpelig som mennesket, og i å kalle akten skammelig og de organer som brukes til den, for skamdeler (mine egne er for tiden blitt så ynkelige at jeg virkelig skammer meg over dem).

The most calamitous and fragile of all creatures is man, and yet the most arrogant....Is it possible to imagine anything so ridiculous as that this pitiful, miserable creature, who is not even master of himself, should call itself master and lord of the universe?

Ne garip ... insan? öldürmek için gün ?????nda geniÅŸ meydanlar arar?z ama onu yaratmak için karanl?k köÅŸelere gizleniriz. Åžu insan ne korkunç bir hayvan ki kendi zevklerini ba??n?n belas? say?yor. Bizi yaratan iÅŸi hayvanl?k saymaktan daha büyük hayvanl?k m? olur?

Man is quite insane. He wouldn't know how to create a maggot and he creates Gods by the dozen.

Lying is an accursed vice. It is only our words which bind us together and make us human.

Each man contains the entire pattern of the human condition.

Every one of us is a hodge-podge, so shapeless and diverse in structure that each piece, each moment, plays its own game. And there is as much difference between us and ourselves as there is between us and others. I

man is the sole animal whose nudities offend his own companions, and the only one who, in his natural actions, withdraws and hides himself from his own kind

People and their dwellings were such a thin dust on the surface of the globe, like invisible specks of bacteria on an orange, and the feeble lights of kebab shops and supermarkets failed utterly to register on the infinities of space above.