Society Quotes
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Society Quotes
Hand-picked society quotes chosen for depth and honesty. Use them for daily motivation, quiet reflection, or to share with someone who needs them.
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"Every man is surrounded by a neighbourhood of voluntary spies."
-- Jane Austen"One half of the world cannot understand the pleasures of the other."
-- Jane Austen"A woman, especially if she have the misfortune of knowing anything, should conceal it as well as she can."
-- Jane Austen"The more I see of the world, the more am I dissatisfied with it; and every day confirms my belief of the inconsistency of all human characters, and of the little dependence that can be placed on the appearance of merit or sense."
-- Jane Austen"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
-- Jane Austen"I’m an optimist in the sense that I believe humans are noble and honorable."
-- Steve Jobs"Technology is nothing. What's important is that you have a faith in people, that they're basically good and smart."
-- Steve Jobs"The strength of a society depends upon the presence of points of contact, possibilities of interaction between different groups which exist in it."
-- B. R. Ambedkar"Purpose of education is to moralize and socialize the people."
-- B. R. Ambedkar"Unlike a drop of water which loses its identity when it joins the ocean, man does not lose his being in the society in which he lives."
-- B. R. Ambedkar"An ideal society should be mobile, full of channels for conveying change."
-- B. R. Ambedkar"Rights are protected not by law but by the social and moral conscience of society."
-- B. R. Ambedkar"Political tyranny is nothing compared to social tyranny."
-- B. R. Ambedkar"Compassion is the radicalism of our time."
-- Dalai Lama"The only guide of the people is the people themselves."
-- Swami Vivekananda"Truth does not pay homage to any society. Society has to pay homage to Truth or die."
-- Swami Vivekananda"The true measure of any society can be found in how it treats its most vulnerable members."
-- Mahatma Gandhi"Seven social sins: politics without principles, wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity, worship without sacrifice."
-- Mahatma Gandhi"Poverty is the worst form of violence."
-- Mahatma Gandhi"Hell is empty and all the devils are here."
-- William Shakespeare"All the world's a stage, and all the men and women merely players."
-- William Shakespeare"The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home."
-- Confucius"To be wealthy and honored in an unjust society is a disgrace."
-- Confucius"Nationalism is an infantile disease. It is the measles of mankind."
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Hand-picked society 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 society quotes come from A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Albert Einstein, Confucius, William Shakespeare, Mahatma Gandhi, among many others featured on this page.
Popular society quotes include: "Where do the evils like corruption arise from? It comes from the never-ending greed." -- A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Also: "A question that sometimes drives me hazy: am I or are the others crazy?" -- Albert Einstein.
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