A collection of proverbs, quotes and sayings about mankind or humankind and humans in general.
There is another collection about men (male humans), but sometimes the difference between men and mankind is confusing. Stupidity is a common factor.
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Talking nonsense is man's only privilege that distinguishes him from all other organisms.Fyodor Dostoevsky
That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.Neil Armstrong
The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.George Orwell
Source: Animal Farm
The development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race.Stephen Hawking
The difference in mind between man and the higher animals, great as it is, certainly is one of degree and not of kind.Charles Darwin
Source: The Descent of Man
The doctor sees all the weakness of mankind; the lawyer all the wickedness, the theologian all the stupidity.Arthur Schopenhauer
The evidence for human-made climate change is overwhelming.James Hansen
The human failing I would most like to correct is aggression. It may have had survival advantage in caveman days, to get more food, territory or partner with whom to reproduce, but now it threatens to destroy us all.Stephen Hawking
The human race has one really effective weapon, and that is laughter.Mark Twain
The importance we attach to language is just ridiculous.Frans de Waal
Source: Mama's Last Hug
The moral sense perhaps affords the best and highest distinction between man and the lower animals.Charles Darwin
The only way to comprehend what mathematicians mean by Infinity is to contemplate the extent of human stupidity.Voltaire
The principle of universality admits no exception. Human rights truly are the birthright of all human beings.Navanethem Pillay
There are three classes of people: those who see, those who see when they are shown, those who do not see.Leonardo da Vinci
There are two problems for our species' survival - nuclear war and environmental catastrophe - and we're hurtling towards them. Knowingly.Noam Chomsky
Those who are governed by reason desire nothing for themselves which they do not also desire for the rest of humankind.Baruch Spinoza
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.John Kenneth Galbraith
We admit that we are like apes, but we seldom realise that we are apes.Richard Dawkins
We are a unique ape. We have language. Other animals have systems of communication that fall far short of that. They don't have the same ability to communicate complicated conditionals and what-ifs and talk about things that are not present.Richard Dawkins
We are a very, very unusual species.Richard Dawkins
We are all different. There is no such thing as a standard or run-of-the-mill human being, but we share the same human spirit.Stephen Hawking
We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know.W.H. Auden
We are creatures trapped in culture.Terri Guillemets
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal.(unknown author)
Source: Declaration of Independence
What is different about the way we act that makes us, and not any other species, moral beings?Frans de Waal
Source: Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved
When tillage begins, other arts follow. The farmers, therefore, are the founders of human civilization.Daniel Webster
While it is true that animals are not humans, it is equally true that humans are animals.Frans de Waal
Source: Primates and Philosophers: How Morality Evolved
Whoever makes two ears of corn, or two blades of grass to grow where only one grew before, deserves better of mankind, and does more essential service to his country than the whole race of politicians put together.Jonathan Swift
Without question, the greatest invention in the history of mankind is beer. Oh, I grant you that the wheel was also a fine invention, but the wheel does not go nearly as well with pizza.Dave Barry
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