Quotes About Human nature

but that's what mankind is like: they only prize what they no longer possess.

if you train a dog so that it only eats potatoes, and then after a while you offer it a chunk of meat, it'll still grab it because it's in its nature. And if you offer a man a bit of power, the same thing happens; he'll grab it. It's instinctive, because when it comes down to it, a man is basically a beast, and it's only later that a bit of decency gets smeared on top, the way you can spread dripping on your bread.

It is very queer that the unhappiness of the world is so often brought on by small men. They are so much more energetic and compromising than the big fellows.

In himself man is essentially a beast, only he butters it over like a slice of bread with a little decorum.

Tas, ko nevar dab?t, cilv?kam vienm?r liekas lab?ks par to, kas vi?am ir. Te past?v cilv?ka dz?ves romantika un idiotisms.

Look, if you train a dog so that it only eats potatoes, and then after a while you offer it a chunk of meat, it'll still grab it because it's in its nature. And if you offer a man a bit of power, the same thing happens; he'll grab it. It's instinctive, because when it comes down to it, a man is basically a beast, and it's only later that a bit of decency gets smeared on top, the way you spread dripping on your bread.

The pillars of human society are covetousness, fear, and corruption," retorted Grau. "Man is evil, but loves the good—when others do it.

We march up, moody or good-tempered soldiers - we reach the zone where the front begins and become on the instant human animals.

So seltsam es scheinen mag, aber alle möglichen Probleme und Unglücke in dieser Welt kommen sehr oft von Menschen mit kleiner Statur; Sie haben einen viel streitsüchtigeren und energischeren Charakter als große Menschen.

we reach the zone where the front begins and become on the instant human animals.

Žmon?s daug piktesni nuodai nei degtin? ir tabakas.

Látod, ha egy kutyát krumplievésre kapatsz, aztán egy darab húst adsz oda neki, mégiscsak utánakap, mert ilyen a természete. Ha az embernek adsz egy darabka hatalmat, ugyanez történik: utánakap. Magától megy ez, mert az ember magábanvéve elsÅ'sorban vadállat, s tán csak azután kenÅ'dik rá valami tisztesség, mint a zsír a csomagolópapírra.

bet t?ds jau cilv?ks ir - ?sti nov?rt?t vi?š prot tikai to, k? vi?am nav.

Egoismul este un mare defect.Nimeni nu vrea s? fie egoist ?i cu toate astea,to?i sunt egoi?ti.

Nu toÈ›i oamenii au curajul s? fie fericiÈ›i.Dac? d? fericirea peste ei, o repudiaz?.Fiindc? vor s? fie nefericiÈ›i, chiar dac? în fond nu sunt; pentru c? ei nefericirea reprezint? adev?rata fericire.

by identifying his personal ego with the transpersonal in the shape of the collective values, the limited individual loses contact with his own limitations and becomes inhuman.

In an analogy that would prove all too apt, Max Weber likened the city to "a human being with his skin removed.

The sadist doesn't create a masochist; he finds him already made.

The only thing that could spoil a day was people. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.

But people do. They love each other and they misunderstand on purpose and they fight and then suddenly they aren't the same one.

She is kind and very beautiful. But she can be so cruel and it comes so suddenly

There are no man like them when they are good, but when they get bad, there's no world which is worse.

Tu sais, Papa, que les femmes pleurent comme les enfants pissent?

He was sentimental, and, like most sentimental people, he was both cruel and abused.