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Philosophical literature6 quotes
Man is a social animal. — Baruch Spinoza · 1677Mankind have been created for the sake of one another. — Marcus Aurelius · 180How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it. — Adam Smith · 1759He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must either be a beast or a god. — Aristotle · 350 BCThough our brother is upon the rack, as long as we ourselves are at our ease, our senses will never inform us of what he suffers. They never did, and never can, carry us beyond our own person, and it is by the imagination only that we can form any conception of what are his sensations... His agonies, when they are thus brought home to ourselves, when we have thus adopted and made them our own, begin at last to affect us, and we then tremble and shudder at the thought of what he feels. — Adam Smith · 1759Why doth one man's yawning make another yawn? — Robert Burton · 1621Drama2 quotes
When the snows fall, and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives. — Sansa Stark · 2017We don't live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other. And I tell you that the time will soon come when, if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish. — J.B. Priestley · 1945Political literature2 quotes
He who is unable to live in society, or who has no need because he is sufficient for himself, must either be a beast or a god. — Aristotle · 350 BCSociety does not consist of individuals; it expresses the sum of connections and relationships in which individuals find themselves. — Karl Marx · 1883Comedy drama1 quote
Everybody needs a co-pilot. — Ryan Bingham · 2009Comedy drama (film)1 quote
Everybody needs a co-pilot. — Ryan Bingham · 2009Crime drama1 quote
Can't rely on anyone these days, you have to do everything yourself, don't we. — The Joker · 2008Crime drama (film)1 quote
Can't rely on anyone these days, you have to do everything yourself, don't we. — The Joker · 2008Drama (TV)1 quote
When the snows fall, and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives. — Sansa Stark · 2017Drama (play)1 quote
We don't live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other. And I tell you that the time will soon come when, if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish. — J.B. Priestley · 1945Economic literature1 quote
Society does not consist of individuals; it expresses the sum of connections and relationships in which individuals find themselves. — Karl Marx · 1883Fantasy1 quote
When the snows fall, and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives. — Sansa Stark · 2017Fantasy (TV)1 quote
When the snows fall, and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies, but the pack survives. — Sansa Stark · 2017Food writing1 quote
Sharing food with another human being is an intimate act that should not be indulged in lightly. — M.F.K. Fisher · 1949Legal writing1 quote
Man was formed for society. — William Blackstone · 1765Psychological literature1 quote
The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed. — Carl Jung · 1933Religious literature1 quote
Two are better than one; because they have a good reward for their labour. For if they fall, the one will lift up his fellow: but woe to him that is alone when he falleth; for he hath not another to help him up. Again, if two lie together, then they have heat: but how can one be warm alone? And if one prevail against him, two shall withstand him; and a threefold cord is not quickly broken. — Ecclesiastes 4:9-12 · 931 BCRock music1 quote
I know things can really get rough when you go it alone. Don’t go thinking you gotta be tough and bleed like a stone. — The Shins · 2012Superhero1 quote
Can't rely on anyone these days, you have to do everything yourself, don't we. — The Joker · 2008Superhero (film)1 quote
Can't rely on anyone these days, you have to do everything yourself, don't we. — The Joker · 2008Travel writing1 quote
So long as we love we serve; so long as we are loved by others, I would almost say that we are indispensable; and no man is useless while he has a friend. — Robert Louis Stevenson · 1872