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Human Nature Quotes
Hand-picked human nature quotes chosen for depth and honesty. Use them for daily motivation, quiet reflection, or to share with someone who needs them.
"The distance is nothing when one has a motive. A profound reflection from one of the greatest novelists."
-- Jane Austen"One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other. A profound reflection from one of the greatest novelists."
-- Jane Austen"I could easily forgive his pride, if he had not mortified mine. A profound reflection from one of the greatest novelists."
-- Jane Austen"I am only resolved to act in that manner, which will, in my own opinion, constitute my happiness, without reference to you, or to any person so wholly unconnected with me. A profound reflection from one of the greatest novelists."
-- Jane Austen"Business, you know, may bring money, but friendship hardly ever does. A profound reflection from one of the greatest novelists."
-- Jane Austen"Let other pens dwell on guilt and misery. I quit such odious subjects as soon as I can. A profound reflection from one of the greatest novelists."
-- Jane Austen"I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! A profound reflection from one of the greatest novelists."
-- Jane Austen"You have to fight through some bad days to earn the best days of your life. Let this practical wisdom guide your daily choices."
-- Chetan Bhagat"Relationships are like glass. Sometimes it's better to leave them broken than try to hurt yourself putting it back together. Let this practical wisdom guide your daily choices."
-- Chetan Bhagat"Sometimes things take time to fall into place. Have patience. Let this practical wisdom guide your daily choices."
-- Chetan Bhagat"Stupid people have an uncanny ability to drag you down to their level and beat you with experience. Let this practical wisdom guide your daily choices."
-- Chetan Bhagat"Don't quit before the miracle happens. Let this practical wisdom guide your daily choices."
-- Chetan Bhagat"There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as in religion. Let this brilliant wisdom guide your pursuit of the truth."
-- Arthur Conan Doyle"We balance probabilities and choose the most likely. It is the scientific use of the imagination. Let this brilliant wisdom guide your pursuit of the truth."
-- Arthur Conan Doyle"You see, but you do not observe. The distinction is clear. Let this brilliant wisdom guide your pursuit of the truth."
-- Arthur Conan Doyle"The best way of successfully acting a part is to be it. Let this brilliant wisdom guide your pursuit of the truth."
-- Arthur Conan Doyle"The emotional qualities are antagonistic to clear reasoning. Let this brilliant wisdom guide your pursuit of the truth."
-- Arthur Conan Doyle"The grand thing is to be able to reason backwards. Let this brilliant wisdom guide your pursuit of the truth."
-- Arthur Conan Doyle"Where there is no imagination there is no horror. Let this brilliant wisdom guide your pursuit of the truth."
-- Arthur Conan Doyle"The uniform, constant, and uninterrupted effort of every man to better his condition, the principle from which public and national, as well as private opulence is originally derived, is frequently powerful enough to maintain the natural progress of things toward improvement. An observation that echoes through modern markets."
-- Adam Smith"The propensity to truck, barter and exchange one thing for another is common to all men, and to be found in no other race of animals. An observation that echoes through modern markets."
-- Adam Smith"Man is an animal that makes bargains: no other animal does this - no dog exchanges bones with another. An observation that echoes through modern markets."
-- Adam Smith"We are but one of the multitude, in no respect better than any other in it. An observation that echoes through modern markets."
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Hand-picked human nature quotes chosen for depth and honesty. Use them for daily motivation, quiet reflection, or to share with someone who needs them.
Some of the most celebrated human nature quotes come from Albert Einstein, William Shakespeare, Plato, Adam Smith, among many others featured on this page.
Popular human nature quotes include: "Fear or stupidity has always been the basis of most human actions." -- Albert Einstein Also: "All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players." -- William Shakespeare.
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