Quotes About Humanity

None can be called deformed but the unkind.

What kind o' man is he? Why, of mankind.

Thou art the thing itself: unaccommodated man is no more but such a poor bare, forked animal as thou art.

What a piece of work is man!

Homo is a common name to all men.

But you gods will give us Some faults to make us men.

But whate'er I am, nor I nor any man that but man is, With nothing shall be pleased 'til he be eased With being nothing.

Forbear to judge, for we are sinners all.

I may be negligent, foolish, and fearful; In every one of these no man is free...

Whither should I fly? I have done no harm. But I remember now (70) I am in this earthly world, where to do harm Is often laudable, to do good sometime

William Shakespeare

When he is best he is a little worst than a man, and when he is worst he is a little better than a beast.

The common curse of mankind, - folly and ignorance

Humanity must perforce prey upon itself, like monsters of the deep.

Strange is it that our bloods, Of colour, weight, and heat, pour'd all together, Would quite confound distinction, yet stand off In differences so mighty.

Howl, howl, howl, howl! O, you are men of stones!

Yet cease your ire, you angry stars of heaven! Wind, rain, and thunder, remember earthly man Is but a substance that must yield to you.

Nature might stand up      And say to all the world, 'This was a man!

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La mort, ce sombre fantôme, est assise sur son bras vigoureux : ce bras se lève, retombe, et alors les hommes meurent.

You shall find there a man who is the abstract of all faults that all men follow.

I have learned to cry again and I think perhaps that means I am a human being again. Perhaps that at least. A piece of human being but yes, a human being.

Dress is important. It's part of being human. It might as well be a thing of beauty, something you take real pleasure in doing. And maybe in the process, give other people pleasure. Though that's secondary.

I don't see any point in trying to equate one evil with another, or to assign some stupid scale of values. They're both awful! Would