#human nature

I think violence, cynicism, brutality and fashion are the staples of our diet. I think in the grand history of story-telling, going back to people sitting around fires, the dark side of human nature has always been very important. Movies are part of that tradition. ↗

— Eric Stoltz

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It is human nature to hate the man whom you have hurt. ↗

— Tacitus

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No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people. ↗

— William Howard Taft

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We should meet abuse by forbearance. Human nature is so constituted that if we take absolutely no notice of anger or abuse, the person indulging in it will soon weary of it and stop. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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Human nature is not black and white but black and grey. ↗

— Graham Greene

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It is my deliberate opinion that the one essential requisite of human welfare in all ways is scientific knowledge of human nature. ↗

— Harriet Martineau

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Feminism is doomed to failure because it is based on an attempt to repeal and restructure human nature. ↗

— Phyllis Schlafly

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Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature. ↗

— Joseph Addison

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I actually think that secrets are just a part of human nature and that everybody should have some. ↗

— Elizabeth Banks

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Human nature is what Heaven supplies. ↗

— Xun Zi

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