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“In the human species at all events there is a great diversity of pleasures. The same things delight some men and annoy others, and things painful and disgusting to some are pleasant and attractive to others.”

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Book:The Nicomachean ethics

Source: The Nicomachean ethics

“Truly man is a marvelously vain, diverse, and undulating object. It is hard to found any constant and uniform judgment on him.”

Men Hard Found Human Nature Objects Diversity Judgment Constant Vain Diverse Uniforms

Author:Michel de Montaigne

“Those who make a practice of comparing human actions are never so perplexed as when they try to see them as a whole and in the same light; for they commonly contradict each other so strangely that it seems impossible that they have come from the same shop.”

Trying Humans Whole Light Seems Action Practice Impossible Human Nature Diversity Compare Shops Human Actions Perplexed

Book:Complete Essays

Source: Complete Essays

“Highest among those who have exhibited human nature by means of dialogue stands Shakespeare. His variety is like the variety of nature,--endless diversity, scarcely any monstrosity.”

Humans Mean Human Nature Diversity Highest Endless Dialogue Variety Monstrosity

Author:Thomas B. Macaulay

“I always prefer to believe the best of everybody, it saves so much trouble.”

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Book:Rudyard Kipling's Short Stories: Short Story Collections

Source: Rudyard Kipling's Short Stories: Short Story Collections

“Human nature is not a machine to be built after a model, and set to do exactly the work prescribed for it, but a tree, which requires to grow and develop itself on all sides, according to the tendency of the inward forces which make it a living thing.”

Humans Force Grows Sides Justice Tree Human Nature Diversity Models Built Machines Social Justice Tendencies Inward Living Things Gymnastics

Book:The Classical Utilitarians: Bentham and Mill

Source: The Classical Utilitarians: Bentham and Mill

“People prefer to be with people like themselves. For all the celebration of "diversity," it's sameness that dominates. Most people favor friendships with those who share similar backgrounds, interests and values. It makes for more shared experiences, easier conversations and more comfortable silences. Despite many exceptions, the urge is nearly universal. It's human nature.”