#human nature

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

— Margot Asquith

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What is government itself but the greatest of all reflections on human nature? If men were angels, no government would be necessary. If angels were to govern men, neither external nor internal controls on government would be necessary. ↗

— James Madison

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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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The pull, the attraction of history, is in our human nature. What makes us tick? Why do we do what we do? How much is luck the deciding factor? ↗

— David McCullough

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Human nature doesn't include all human beings. There are human beings who are indifferent to politics, religion, virtually anything. ↗

— Conor Cruise O'Brien

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I got disappointed in human nature as well and gave it up because I found it too much like my own. ↗

— J. P. Donleavy

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I mean, you always want everybody to pat you on the back and tell you you're wonderful every time you do something; I think that's human nature. ↗

— David Duchovny

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To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature. ↗

— Adam Smith

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I think it's a very firm part of human nature that if you surround yourself with like-minded people, you'll end up thinking more extreme versions of what you thought before. ↗

— Cass Sunstein

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Mencius said that human nature is good. I disagree with that. ↗

— Xun Zi

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