Quotes About Human nature

Men are so simple and so much inclined to obey immediate needs that a deceiver will never lack victims for his deceptions.

For whoever believes that great advancement and new benefits make men forget old injuries is mistaken.

The nature of man is such that people consider themselves put under an obligation as much by the benefits they confer as by those they receive.

Whoever desires to found a state and give it laws, must start with assuming that all men are bad and ever ready to display their vicious nature, whenever they may find occasion for it.

This is to be asserted in general of men, that they are ungrateful, fickle, false, cowardly, covetous and as long as you succeed they are yours entirely; they will offer you their blood, property, life and children when the need is far distant; but when it approaches they turn against you.

Yet the way men live is so far removed from the way they ought to live that anyone who abandons what is for what should be pursues his downfall rather than his preservation

The gulf between how one should live and how one does live is so wide that a man who neglects what is actually done for what should be done learns the way to self-destruction rather than self-preservation.

The nature of men is such that they find themselves obligated as much for the benefits they confer as for those they receive.

Cornelius Tacitus when he says, that "men are readier to pay back injuries than benefits, since to requite a benefit is felt to be a burthen, to return an injury a gain.

Nale?y bowiem pamiÄ™ta?, ?e ludzi trzeba albo potraktowa? Å'agodnie albo wygubi?, gdy? mszczÄ… siÄ™ za bÅ'ahe krzywdy, za ci??kie zaÅ› nie mogÄ…. Przeto gdy siÄ™ krzywdzi czÅ'owieka, nale?y czyni? to w ten sposób, aby nie trzeba byÅ'o obawia? siÄ™ zemsty.

Sono tanto semplici gli uomini, e tanto ubbidiscono alle necessità presenti, che colui che inganna, troverà sempre chi si lascerà ingannare.

this is to be asserted in general of men, that they are ungrateful, fickle, false, cowardly, covetous, and as long as you succeed they are yours entirely; they will offer you their blood, property, life, and children, as is said above, when the need is far distant; but when it approaches they turn against you. And

Her zaman iyi olmaya çal??an biri, iyi olmayan çok say?da insan?n aras?nda bir y?k?nt? olmaya mahkumdur.

Los hombres rara vez tienen el valor suficiente para ser o extremadamente buenos o extremadamente malos.

MÄ…dry pan nie mo?e ani nie powinien dotrzymywa? wiary, je?eli takie dotrzymywanie przynosi mu szkodÄ™ i gdy znikn??y jego przyczyny, które spowodowaÅ'y jego przyrzeczenie. Zapewne gdyby wszyscy ludzie byli dobrzy, ten przepis nie byÅ'by dobry, lecz poniewa? sÄ… oni nikczemni i nie dotrzymywaliby tobie wiary, wiÄ™c ty tak?e nie jesteÅ› zobowiÄ…zany im jej dotrzymywa?.

Çünkü insanlar, eÄŸer iyi olmalar?n? gerektiren bir zorunluluk yoksa, kötü insanlar olarak kar??m?za ç?kar.

This is to be asserted in general of men, that they are ungrateful, fickle, false, cowardly, covetous, and as long as you succeed they are yours entirely; they will offer you blood, property, life, and children, as is said above, when the need is far distant; but when it approaches they turn against you.

Any man who tries to be good all the time is bound to come to ruin by the great number who are not good.

Nature that framed us of four elements, warring within our breasts for regiment, doth teach us all to have aspiring minds.

L'homme qui en toutes choses veut faire profession de bonté se ruine inéluctablement parmi tant d'hommes qui n'ont aucune bonté.

Die Menschen sind undankbar, unbeständig, heuchlerisch, furchtsam und eigennützig.

Ludzie b?d? zawsze dla ciebie ?li, je?eli konieczno?? nie zmusi ich do tego, by byli dobrzy

A ju? taka natura ludzka, ?e jednakowo zobowi?zuj? ?wiadczone, jak i doznane dobrodziejstwa

The nature of man is such that people consider themselves put under an obligation as much by the benefits they confer as by those they receive. (p.73)