Fanatics are picturesque, mankind would rather see gestures than listen to reasons. – Friedrich Nietzsche
What then in the last resort are the truths of mankind? They are the irrefutable errors of mankind. – Friedrich Nietzsche
Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain. – Niccolo Machiavelli
To despise riches, may, indeed, be philosophic, but to dispense them worthily, must surely be more beneficial to mankind. – Fanny Burney
In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors. – Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Of course, mankind has made giant steps forward. However, what we know is really very, very little compared to what we still have to know. – Fabiola Gianotti
The augmentation of slaves weakens the states; and such a trade is diabolical in itself, and disgraceful to mankind. – George Mason
By a Carpenter mankind was made, and only by that Carpenter can mankind be remade. – Desiderius Erasmus
History is little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. – Edward Gibbon
One might well say that mankind is divisible into two great classes: hosts and guests. – Max Beerbohm
History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind. – Edward Gibbon
All the forms of civil polity have been tried by mankind, except one, and that seems to have been reserved in Providence to be realized in America. – Ezra Stiles
If we were to select the most intelligent, imaginative, energetic, and emotionally stable third of mankind, all races would be present. – Franz Boas
The lust of avarice as so totally seized upon mankind that their wealth seems rather to possess them than they possess their wealth. – Pliny the Elder
The bulk of mankind have indeed, in all countries in their turn, been made the prey of ambition. – Mercy Otis Warren
I think provincialism is an endemic characteristic with mankind, I think everybody everywhere is provincial, but it is particularly striking with Texans, and we tend to be very Texcentric. – Molly Ivins
The greatest of all crimes are the wars that are carried on by governments, to plunder, enslave, and destroy mankind. – Lysander Spooner