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Human nature (26)
Aphorisms 24
The most common sort of lie is that by which a man deceives himself: the deception of others is a relatively rare…
— Friedrich Nietzche
We all have a Monster within; the difference is in degree, not in kind.
— Douglas Preston
Remember, politicians and diapers need to be changed frequently and for the same reason.
— Robin Williams
Morality is simply the attitude we adopt towards people we personally dislike.
— Oscar Wilde
The biggest changes in a woman's nature are brought by love; in man, by ambition.
— Rabindranath Tagore
Sex between two people is a beautiful thing; among five it's fantastic.
— Woody Allen
Don't knock masturbation. It's sex with someone you love.
— Woody Allen
Emotions unite people, ideas divide them.
— Anonymous
If a woman asks a question, you better tell the truth because there is a great chance that she already knows the answer.
— Anonymous
Some people are like pictures, if you scale them up too much, they will lose their quality.
— Anonymous
You can't handle the truth.
— A Few Good Men
I finally got it all together but I forgot where I put it.
— Steven Wright
There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it.
— John W. Raper
Anyone can do any amount of work provided it isn't the work he is supposed to be doing.
— Robert Benchley
Love is or it ain't. Thin love ain't love at all.
— Toni Morrison
We do not admire what we cannot understand.
— Marianne Moore
Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.
— Blaise Pascal
Pleasure belongs to the donkey.
— Türk Anonim
Life is just action and reaction, rationalizations are added later on.
— Ibn-e-Safi
Nature is cruel, but we don't have to be.
— Temple Grandin
Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.
— Carl Jung
Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance, or a stranger.
— Franklin P. Jones
All great discoveries are made by people whose feelings run ahead of their thinking.
— C. H. Oakhurst
If you want to test a man's character, give him power.
— Abraham Lincoln