Human Nature Quotes

"From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate" "I wish everyone could become rich and famous so they'd see it wasn't the answer to anything." "Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power" "Every man is a damn fool for at least five minutes every day; wisdom consists in not exceeding the limit." "The man who says he has never been scared is either lying or else he's never been any place or done anything." "We are drawn to the closed doors" "Rarely do we find men who willingly engage in hard, solid thinking. There is an almost universal quest for easy answers and half-baked solutions. Nothing pains some people more than having to think." "The fault, dear Brutus, is not in our stars, but in ourselves." "The evil that men do lives after them; the good is oft interred with their bones." "I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal" "Selfishness must always be forgiven, you know, because there is no hope of a cure" "Seldom, very seldom, does complete truth belong to any human disclosure; seldom can it happen that something is not a little disguised, or a little mistaken" "Man is by nature a social animal" "Earth provides enough to satisfy every man's needs, but not every man's greed" "The heart lies and the head plays tricks with us, but the eyes see true" "In the game of thrones, even the humblest pieces can have wills of their own" "The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind." "From the sublime to the ridiculous is but a step." "Looking back, it is not so surprising that humanity has remade itself so completely so quickly considering that it has always been an experimental animal" "People can cry much easier than they can change"