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Human destructiveness6 quotes
The world began without the human race and it will end without it... Man has never-save only when he reproduces himself-done other than cheerfully dismantle millions upon millions of structures and reduce their elements to a state in which they can no longer be reintegrated. — Claude Levi-Strauss · 1955It's in your nature to destroy yourselves. — The Terminator · 1991Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. — H.G. Wells · 1920We'll be remembered more for what we destroy than what we create. — Chuck Palahniuk · 1999Education is... A two-edged sword that can be used either for the progress of mankind or for its destruction. — Haile Selassie I · 1963Man alone consumes and engulfs more flesh than all other animals put together. He is, then, the greatest destroyer, and he is so more by abuse than by necessity. — Georges Louis Leclerc · 1753Education2 quotes
Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. — H.G. Wells · 1920Education is... A two-edged sword that can be used either for the progress of mankind or for its destruction. — Haile Selassie I · 1963Downsides of education1 quote
Education is... A two-edged sword that can be used either for the progress of mankind or for its destruction. — Haile Selassie I · 1963Human nature1 quote
It's in your nature to destroy yourselves. — The Terminator · 1991Legacy1 quote
We'll be remembered more for what we destroy than what we create. — Chuck Palahniuk · 1999Man and animals1 quote
Man alone consumes and engulfs more flesh than all other animals put together. He is, then, the greatest destroyer, and he is so more by abuse than by necessity. — Georges Louis Leclerc · 1753