Top Mankind Quotes
Mankind Definition
(n.) The human race; man, taken collectively.
(n.) Men, as distinguished from women; the male portion of human race.
(n.) Human feelings; humanity.
(a.) Manlike; not womanly; masculine; bold; cruel.
I cannot here withhold the statement that optimism, where it is not merely the thoughtless talk of those who harbor nothing but words under their shallow foreheads, seems to me to be not merely an abs...
Arthur Schopenhauer
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absurd, bitter, mankind, mockery, optimism, shallow, shallowness, suffering, sufferings, thoughtless
Believe in God our Eternal Father, He who is greatest of all, who stands ever ready to help us and who has the power to do so. Believe in Jesus Christ, the Savior and the Redeemer of mankind, the work...
Gordon B. Hinckley
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almighty, believe, christ, comfort, dispensation, earth, eternal father, god, help, holy ghost
What infinite heart's-easeMust kings neglect, that private men enjoy!And what have kings, that privates have not too,Save ceremony, save general ceremony?And what art thou, thou idle ceremony?What kin...
William Shakespeare
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burdens, ceremony, emptiness, empty form, equality, exaltation, feudal society, flattery, fulfillment, honors
They've never known a time when people drank rain water because it was pure, or could eat snow, or swim in any river or brook. The last time I drove to Washington the traffic was so bad that I could h...
Madeleine L'Engle
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a wind in the door, brook, change, earth, environment, history, horse, humor, mankind, next generation
I think that it [the Church] stands for everything most hostile to the mental emancipation and stimulation of mankind. It is the completest, most highly organized system of prejudices and antagonisms...
H.G. Wells
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catholic, catholic church, catholicism, church, emancipation, freedom, hostile, ignorance, intimate, mankind
Time after time have nations, ay, and rich and strong nations, learned in the arts, been, and passed away to be forgotten, so that no memory of them remains. This is but one of several; for Time eats...
H. Rider Haggard
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fallen nations, futility, inevitability, knowledge, learning, man, mankind, materialism, nations, passing of time