Human Nature Quotes

But society has now fairly got the better of individuality; and the danger which threatens human nature is not the excess, but the deficiency, of personal impulses and preferences.

Such is human-nature. The man who drinks beer at home always criticizes the champagne, and finds fault with the Burgundy when he is invited out to dinner.

Subdue your appetites, my dears, and you’ve conquered human nature.

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.

A simple experiment will distinguish two types of human nature. Gather a throng of people and pour them into a ferryboat. By the time the boat swings into the river you will find that a certain proportion have taken the trouble to climb upstairs in order to be out on deck and see what is […]

All men by nature desire to know.

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I’m not sure about the universe.

Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore.

Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others.

Ya don’t hafta know how to read or write, When you’re out with a feller in the pale moonlight. Ya don’t hafta look in a book to find, What he thinks of the moon and what is on his mind. That comes natur’lly.