#human nature

Human nature is what Heaven supplies. ↗

— Xun Zi

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Human nature refers to what is in people but which they cannot study or work at achieving. ↗

— Xun Zi

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For humanism also appeals to man as man. It seeks to liberate the universal qualities of human nature from the narrow limitations of blood and soil and class and to create a common language and a common culture in which men can realize their common humanity. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

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I find it strange the way human nature wants heroes and yet wants to destroy their heroes. It's a kind of mass insecurity people want something to look up to and get a buzz off but, at the same time, want to destroy it because it makes them feel insecure. ↗

— Danielle Dax

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Any theory intended to describe and analyze socio-historical reality cannot restrict itself to the human spirit and disregard the totality of human nature. ↗

— Wilhelm Dilthey

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Speech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language. ↗

— Alfred North Whitehead

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England has always been disinclined to accept human nature. ↗

— E. M. Forster

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I believe that when people have an occupation that allows them to provide for their families, the social dimension of human nature will emerge instinctively and lead people to help and organize others less privileged. ↗

— Kay Rala Xanana Gusmao

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The capacity to suffer varies more than anything that I have observed in human nature. ↗

— Margot Asquith

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Habituated from our Infancy to trample upon the Rights of Human Nature, every generous, every liberal Sentiment, if not extinguished, is enfeebled in our Minds. ↗

— George Mason

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