#human nature

Envy is human nature. ↗

— Monica Bellucci

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No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to ascribe to it many inconsistencies. ↗

— Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton

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I'm an advocate of human nature. ↗

— Jaron Lanier

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It is not human nature we should accuse but the despicable conventions that pervert it. ↗

— Denis Diderot

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Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been know to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

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I want to lift the audience to the miraculous in human nature. After all, we shouldn't be here, with all the odds against us in nature. It's kind of unusual and wonderful! ↗

— Paul Taylor

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Human nature is not of itself vicious. ↗

— Thomas Paine

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I am not 'in pursuit of truth.' It is not my 'quarry.' I am of my human nature a thinker, and conscious of need, responsibility of thinking-speaking with truth. I do not go about hunting 'truths.' ↗

— Laura Riding

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The point of departure of the process to which we wish to contribute is the fact that war is the natural reaction of human nature in the savage state, while peace is the result of acquired characteristics. ↗

— Elihu Root

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There is so much of good in human nature that men grow to like each other upon better acquaintance, and this points to another way in which we may strive to promote the peace of the world. ↗

— Elihu Root

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