Mankind are so much the same, in all times and places, that history informs us of nothing new or strange in this particular. Its chief use is only to discover the constant and universal principles of human nature.
The privilege of absurdity; to which no living creature is subject but man only.
Man is, before all else, something which propels itself towards a future and is aware that it is doing so.
What man is without fault, and what king without weakness?
Do not have too artificial an idea of man but judge him naturally. Don't consider him too good or too bad.
Man is neither good nor bad, he is born with instincts and aptitudes.
The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be miserable. A tree does not know itself to be miserable.
Man is born for pleasure; he feels it; no other proof of it is needed.
War is an evil which dishonours mankind.
The will of man is his happiness.
Men are as the time is.
Becoming human is an art.
We are born human, and later we become truly human.
All men are interdependent. Every nation is an heir of a vast treasury of ideas and labor to which both the living and the dead of all nations have contributed.
Nature has pointed out a mixed kind of life as most suitable to the human race, and secretly admonished them to allow none of these biases to draw too much, so as to incapacitate them for other occupations and entertainments.
It is a great aim of prudence never to be embarrassed. It is the sign of a real man, of a noble heart, for magnanimity is not easily put out.
To me men are for what they are, They wear no masks with me.
Man is a sociable, no less than a reasonable being.
Man was born to live with his fellow human beings.
Upon the progress of knowledge the whole progress of the human race is immediately dependent: he who retards that, hinders this also.
Man is not entirely to blame; it was not he who started history; nor is he entirely innocent, since he continues it.
It is by playing the man, or the woman well that one helps humanity to exist. And it is necessary: it needs you just as you need it!
It is remarkable how closely the history of the apple tree is connected with that of man.
It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.
Yet it is better to accept public morals and human vices calmly without bursting into either laughter or tears.
Every man is born as many men and dies as a single one.
As far as men go, it is not what they are that interests me, but what they can become.
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
