Best mankind & fallen Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“In the history of mankind many republics have risen, have flourished for a less or greater time, and then have fallen because their citizens lost the power of governing themselves and thereby of governing their state; and in no way has this loss of power been so often and so clearly shown as in the tendency to turn the government into a government primarily for the benefit of one class instead of a government for the benefit of the people as a whole.”

Source: Addresses and Presidential Messages of Theodore Roosevelt, 1902-1904

“Throughout the history of mankind there have been murderers and tyrants; and while it may seem momentarily that they have the upper hand, they have always fallen. Always.”

May Has Beens Hands Seems Mankind Fallen Tyrants Murderer Upper Hand

Author:Mahatma Gandhi

“The holy heaven yearns to wound the earth, and yearning layeth hold on the earth to join in wedlock; the rain, fallen from the amorous heaven, impregnates the earth, and it bringeth forth for mankind the food of flocks and herds and Demeter's gifts; and from that moist marriage-rite the woods put on their bloom.”

Earth Heaven Mankind Holy Rain Woods Wounds Fallen Yearning Herds Flocks Rite Wedlock Amorous Demeter

Book:Aeschylus

Source: Aeschylus

“Through all history, from the beginning, a noble army of martyrs have fought fiercely and fallen bravely for that unseen mistress, their country. So, through all history, to the end, as long as men believe in God that army must still march and fall, recruited only from the flower of mankind, cheered only by their own hope of humanity, strong only in the confidence of their cause.”

Source: Orations and Addresses of George William Curtis: On the principles and character of American institutions, and the duties of American citizens, 1856-1891

“To err is common to all mankind, but having erred he is no longer reckless nor unblest who haven fallen into evil seeks a cure, nor remains unmoved.”

Evil Common Mankind Havens Remains Errors Cures Fallen Reckless

Author:Sophocles

“One thing I have learned in institutions is not to press hard on the fact that their inmates are, like the rest of mankind, sinners; for they, like many others, are liable to confuse the generic term "sinner" with the specific term "criminal." Most of us are so accustomed to admit that we have fallen short of grace and are "miserable offenders," in view of our possibilities and opportunities, that we do not resent being called "sinners"; but not so with our congregation.”

“Time after time mankind is driven against the rocks of the horrid reality of a fallen creation. And time after time mankind must learn the hard lessons of history-the lessons that for some dangerous and awful reason we can't seem to keep in our collective memory.”

Hard Reason Reality Seems Memories Mankind Rocks Dangerous Creation Lessons Driven Awful Fallen Collectives Hard Lessons Collective Memory

Author:Hilaire Belloc

“[But] age, the common enemy of mankind, has laid his hand upon you; would that it had fallen upon some other, and that you were still young.”

Stills Hands Age Young Common Enemy Mankind Fallen Common Enemy

Book:The Iliad

Source: The Iliad

“The result of these ungodly unions was a race of very wicked and very powerful hybrid (half-fallen angel, half-human) offspring - the Nephilim - who corrupted, harassed, even killed mankind. Now, at the end of the 20th century, we have the return of "alien" entities with apparent supernatural powers.”

Humans Ends Results Powerful Race Half Mankind Century Return Angel Unions Aliens Fallen Wicked Entity 20th Century Very Powerful Offspring Hybrid Fallen Angels Supernatural Powers Nephilim

Author:Chuck Missler

“I think because the show ["Grant MacLaren"] is essentially a hopeful show. The show says that as bleak as the future is, the one thing that mankind developed was the ability to send their consciousness back and where a lot of the institutions of modern life have fallen apart.”

Thinking Shows Ability Consciousness One Thing Modern Mankind Institutions Fallen Hopeful Grants Modern Life Bleak

Author:Eric McCormack

“I viewed my fellow man not as a fallen angel, but as a risen ape.”

Men Mankind Angel Fellows Fallen Agnostic Fellow Man Apes Risen Fallen Angels

Author:Desmond Morris

“However far modern science and techniques have fallen short of their inherent possibilities, they have taught mankind at least one lesson; nothing is impossible.”

Science Technology Impossible Modern Mankind Possibility Positive Taught Lessons Technique Fallen Inherent Modern Science Impossible Things Nothing Is Impossible

Author:Lewis Mumford

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