Albert Einstein
Physicist
"Mankind invented the atomic bomb, but no mouse would ever construct a mousetrap."
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Mankind
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Maria Montessori
Educator, Physician
"The whole of mankind is one and only one, one race, one class and one society."
Maria Montessori
Educator, Physician
"The child is both a hope and a promise for mankind."
Plotinus
Philosopher
"Mankind is poised midway between the gods and the beasts."
Dante Alighieri
Poet, Philosopher
"Mankind is at its best when it is most free."
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"Mankind's greatest achievements have come about by talking and its greatest failures by not talking. It doesn’t have to be like this."
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"Mankind must remember that peace is not God's gift to his creatures; peace is our gift to each other."
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"The greatest illusion is that mankind has limitations."
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"All mankind rules its women, and we rule all mankind, but our women rule us."
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"Don't ever sell mankind short by saying there's anything he can't do, ever, or anything that he isn't going to do."
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"Atheism is so senseless and odious to mankind that it never had many professors."
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"Mankind? That is an abstraction. There have always been and always will be only individuals."
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"I am often surprised by the cleverness, and now and again by the stupidity, of my dog; and I have similar experiences with mankind."
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"Anything you dream is fiction, and anything you accomplish is science, the whole history of mankind is nothing but science fiction."
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"Property monopolized or in the possession of a few is a curse to mankind."
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"The law established by the Creator, which has existed from the beginning, extends over the whole globe, is everywhere and at all times binding upon mankind."
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"All mankind is divided, as it was at all times and is still, into slaves and freemen."
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"Only in books has mankind known perfect truth, love and beauty."
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"Statesman are suspected of plotting against mankind, rather than consulting their interests, and are esteemed more crafty than learned."
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"It is this mission of the dancer to contribute to the betterment of all mankind."
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"Mankind's worst enemy is fear of work"
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"The more I see of Mankind, the more I prefer my dog."
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"Mankind cannot get on without a certain amount of absurdity."
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"If Nature had been comfortable, mankind would never have invented architecture."
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"Is it right to probe so deeply into Nature's secrets? The question must here be raised whether it will benefit mankind, or whether the knowledge will be harmful."
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