Human Nature Quotes

"One thing about human beings puzzles me the most is their conscious effort to be connected with the object of their affection even if it kills them slowly within." "Religion is an illusion and it derives its strength from the fact that it falls in with our instinctual desires." "Men are more moral than they think and far more immoral than they can imagine." "I have found little that is 'good' about human beings on the whole." "Don’t waste your time with explanations, people only hear what they want to hear." "There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain." "Our virtues and our failings are inseparable, like force and matter. When they separate, man is no more." "We’re all damaged in our own way. Nobody’s perfect. I think we’re all somewhat screwy. Every single one of us." "Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you've conquered human nature." "Before God we are all equally wise - and equally foolish." "As long as you know men are like children, you know everything" "Where there is anger, there is always pain underneath." "Forgive your enemies but never forget their names" "Dogs never bite me just humans" "The only way to get rid of a temptation is to yield to it." "Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much." "The truth is rarely pure and never simple." "I think the saddest people always try their hardest to make people happy" "A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing." "I can resist everything except temptation."