Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Quotes
Every man must form himself as a particular being, seeking, however, to attain that general idea of which all mankind are constituents.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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In the long run, we must focus on what is the better good for mankind.
Dennis Hastert
(He) mourned mankind, and the blindness of men, who thought that the Kosmos had rules and limits that would shelter them from their own freedom. There were no shelters. There were no final purposes. Futility, and freedom, were Absolute
Bruce Sterling
The mass of mankind are evidently slavish in their tastes, preferring a life suitable to beasts.
Aristotle
The male has more teeth than the female in mankind, and sheep and goats, and swine. This has not been observed in other animals. Those persons which have the greatest number of teeth are the longest lived; those which have them widely separated, smaller, and more scattered, are generally more short lived.
Aristotle
Meanness is more ingrained in man's nature than Prodigality; the mass of mankind are avaricious rather than open-handed.
Aristotle
All who have meditated on the art of governing mankind have been convinced that the fate of empires depends on the education of youth.
Aristotle
I reach into you to reach all mankind, And the deeper into you I reach The deeper glows elsewhere the world And sings of you. It says, To love is the one common miracle.
Brian Patten
And thus was kept the first Christmas, the Christmas in the year one, with carols by the choir of heaven, and God's own Son, the Saviour of the world, coming as a Christmas gift for all mankind.
George Hodges
There are three sorts of pleasures which are advantageous, and three which are injurious. Finding pleasure in the discriminating study of ceremonies and music, finding pleasure in discussing the good points in the conduct of others, and finding pleasure in having many wise friends, these are advantageous. But finding pleasure in profligate enjoyments, finding pleasure in idle gadding about, and finding pleasure in feasting, these are injurious.
Confucius
Life´s a gamble, honey. The only guarantee is that nobody gets out alive.
Elizabeth Lowell
Comey really spent an enormous amount of energy in the period in which both he and Trump were in office trying to protect the FBI from political interference from the White House.
Benjamin Wittes
Every man must form himself as a particular being, seeking, however, to attain that general idea of which all mankind are constituents.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
