Mark Twain Quotes About Human Nature
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Human nature is the same everywhere; it deifies success, it has nothing but scorn for defeat.
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Man is the only animal that blushes - or needs to.
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Heaven is by favor; if it were by merit your dog would go in and you would stay out. Of all the creatures ever made (man) is the most detestable. Of the entire brood, he is the only one... that possesses malice. He is the only creature that inflicts pain for sport, knowing it to be pain.
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Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts pain for the pleasure of doing it.
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Every man is a moon; he has a side no one sees.
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You can never find a Christian who has acquired this valuable knowledge, this saving knowledge, by any process but the everlasting and all-sufficient 'people say.'
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A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.
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Everyone is a moon, and has a dark side which he never shows to anybody.
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Don't wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.
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Civilization largely consists in hiding human nature. When the barbarian learns to hide it we account him enlightened.
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Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.
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Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.
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A sense of humor is the one thing no one will admit to not having.
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