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Man's cruelty to man6 quotes
Have I not reason to lament
What man has made of man? — William Wordsworth · 1798Man's inhumanity to man,
Makes countless thousands mourn! — Robert Burns · 1784Man to Man is an arrant wolf. — Thomas Hobbes · 1642O poor mortals, how ye make this Earth bitter for each other. — Thomas Carlyle · 1837Experience declares that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the governments of Europe, and to the general prey of the rich on the poor. — Thomas Jefferson · 1787Man, biologically considered, and whatever else he may be in the bargain, is simply the most formidable of all the beasts of prey, and, indeed, the only one that preys systematically on its own species. — William James · 1904Cruelty2 quotes
Man to Man is an arrant wolf. — Thomas Hobbes · 1642Experience declares that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the governments of Europe, and to the general prey of the rich on the poor. — Thomas Jefferson · 1787Man and animals2 quotes
Experience declares that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the governments of Europe, and to the general prey of the rich on the poor. — Thomas Jefferson · 1787Man, biologically considered, and whatever else he may be in the bargain, is simply the most formidable of all the beasts of prey, and, indeed, the only one that preys systematically on its own species. — William James · 1904Human nature1 quote
Man to Man is an arrant wolf. — Thomas Hobbes · 1642Nature of man1 quote
Man, biologically considered, and whatever else he may be in the bargain, is simply the most formidable of all the beasts of prey, and, indeed, the only one that preys systematically on its own species. — William James · 1904Rich vs. poor1 quote
Experience declares that man is the only animal which devours his own kind, for I can apply no milder term to the governments of Europe, and to the general prey of the rich on the poor. — Thomas Jefferson · 1787