"We are amphibious creatures, weaponed for two elements, having two sets of faculties, the particular and the catholic."
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"The philanthropists inquire whether Transcendentalism does not mean sloth: they had as lief hear that their friend is dead, as that he is a Transcendentalist; for then is he paralyzed, and can never do anything for humanity."
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"There is, in all great poets, a wisdom of humanity which is superior to any talents they exercise."
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"I think it is the best of humanity that goes out to walk. In happy hours, I think all affairs may be wisely postponed for walking."
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"Now, it is my contention that the deneuroticization of humanity requires a rehumanization of psychotherapy."
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"Nothing human disgusts me unless it's unkind."
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"There is reason to suspect, that the distinctions of mankind have more show than value, when it is found that all agree to be weary alike of pleasures and of cares; that the powerful and the weak, the celebrated and obscure, join in one common wish, and implore from nature's hand the nectar of oblivion."
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"The gratification which affluence of wealth, extent of power, and eminence of reputation confer, must be always, by their own nature, confined to a very small number; and the life of the greater part of mankind must be lost in empty wishes and painful comparisons, were not the balm of philosophy shed upon us, and our discontent at the appearances of unequal distribution soothed and appeased."
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"The uniform necessities of human nature produce in a great measure uniformity of life, and for part of the day make one place like another; to dress and to undress, to eat and to sleep, are the same in London as in the country."
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"The most useful truths are always universal, and unconnected with accidents and customs."
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"Men, however distinguished by external accidents or intrinsick qualities, have all the same wants, the same pains, and, as far as the senses are consulted, the same pleasures."
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"Human happiness has always its abatements; the brightest sunshine of success is not without a cloud."
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"Every class of society has its cant of lamentation, which is understood or regarded by none but themselves; and every part of life has its uneasiness, which those who do not feel them will not commiserate. An event which spreads distraction over half the commercial world, assembles the trading companies in councils and committees, and shakes the nerves of a thousand stockjobbers, is read by the landlord and the farmer with frigid indifference."
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"All envy would be extinguished, if it were universally known that there are none to be envied."
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"Faults and defects every work of man must have."
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"Every man has frequent grievances which only the solicitude of friendship will discover and remedy, and which would remain for ever unheeded in the mighty heap of human calamity, were it only surveyed by the eye of general benevolence equally attentive to every misery."
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"Being reproached for giving to an unworthy person, Aristotle said, I did not give it to the man, but to humanity."
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"Humanity's a nice place to visit, but you wouldn't want to live there."
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"The universe clearly operates for the benefit of humanity. This can be readily seen from the convenient way the sun comes up in the morning, when people are ready to start the day."
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"There can be no better grounding for a lifetime as an author than to see humanity in all its various guises through the lens of the reporter for the town."
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