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“Seat thyself sultanically among the moons of Saturn, and take high abstracted man alone; and he seems a wonder, a grandeur, and a woe. But from that same point, take mankind in mass, and for the most part, they seem a mob of unnecessary duplicates, both contemporary and hereditary.”

Men Seems Wonder Mankind Moon Mass Contemporary Seats Unnecessary Woe Thyself Grandeur Hereditary Saturn Duplicate

Book:Moby-Dick: or, The Whale

Source: Moby-Dick: or, The Whale

“Adorn thyself with simplicity and with indifference towards the things which lie between virtue and vice. Love mankind. Follow God. The poet says that Law rules all. And it is enough to remember that law rules all.”

Enough Remember Law Lying Virtue Mankind Poet Simplicity Vices Indifference Thyself

Book:Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion

Source: Stoic Six Pack: Meditations of Marcus Aurelius, Golden Sayings, Fragments and Discourses of Epictetus, Letters from a Stoic and The Enchiridion

“History is the "know thyself" of humanity - the self-consciousness of mankind.”

Knows Self Humanity Consciousness Mankind Thyself Know Thyself Self Consciousness

Author:Johann Gustav Droysen

“Anything an artist does is to show ourselves as we really are, which is a complex thing. I don't think that one work of Philosophy or Art, or Letters, or Acting, or Middle Playing, or Tightrope Walking, or Flea Circuses has made mankind better, if by better you mean kinder, wiser, more tolerant of each other. One thing self knowledge. Knoticayton: know thyself.”

Thinking Mean Art Philosophy Artist Acting Mankind Walking Self Knowledge Wiser Thyself Know Thyself

Author:Peter O'Toole

“The proper study of Mankind is Man.”

Men Literature Study Mankind Self Knowledge Thyself Know Thyself Sceptic Presuming Scanning Occupy Yourself Knowing Myself

Author:Alexander Pope

“Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.”

Knows Men God Spirit Religion Spirituality Literature Study Psychology Mankind Self Knowledge Thyself Know Thyself Sceptic Presuming Scanning Knowing Myself

Author:Alexander Pope