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“Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop.”

Soul Pain Suffering Teacher Mankind Breaths Great Teacher

Author:Marie von Ebner-Eschenbach

“Hypocrisy itself does great honor, or rather justice, to religion, and tacitly acknowledges it to be an ornament to human nature. The hypocrite would not be at so much pains to put on the appearance of virtue, if he did not know it was the most proper and effectual means to gain the love and esteem of mankind.”

Ifs Knows Humans Mean Doe Pain Justice Virtue Mankind Human Nature Honor Gains Appearance Esteem Acknowledge Hypocrisy Hypocrite Ornaments

Book:The spectator

Source: The spectator

“I don't think anyone now really understands the planetisation of mankind, really understands the new world order emerging through all this period of strain and pain and contradiction, so more than ever, we need to have an internal sense of navigation.”

Thinking World Needs Pain Order Mankind Periods Contradiction Internals New World Strain Emerging New World Order World Order Navigation

Author:William Irwin Thompson

“Let every man in mankind's frailtyConsider his last day; and let nonePresume on his good fortune until he findLife, at his death, a memory without pain.”

Men Pain Lasts Memories Mankind Fortune Every Man Good Fortune Last Day Without Pain

Book:The Oedipus Cycle: An English Version

Source: The Oedipus Cycle: An English Version

“The majority of mankind would seem to be beguiled into error by pleasure, which, not being really a good, yet seems to be so. So that they indiscriminately choose as good whatsoever gives them pleasure, while they avoid all pain alike as evil.”

Giving Seems Pain Evil Pleasure Mankind Majority Errors Being Real

Book:The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle

Source: The Nicomachean Ethics of Aristotle

“He that is to govern a whole Nation , must read in himself, not this, or that particular man; but Mankind; which though it be hard to do, harder than to learn any Language, or Science; yet, when I shall have set down my own reading orderly, and perspicuously, the pains left another, will be only to consider, if he also find not the same in himself. For this kind of Doctrine, admitteth no other Demonstration.”

Ifs Men Kind Hard Whole Pain Reading Left Language Nations My Own Mankind Particular Harder Doctrine Demonstration Orderly

Book:Leviathan - Revised Edition

Source: Leviathan - Revised Edition

“Pain and Oblivion make mankind afraid to die; but all creatures are afraid of the one, none but mankind afraid of the other.”

Pain Dies Mankind Creatures Oblivion

Author:Margaret Cavendish

“Is there anything more true than human pain? Is there anything more sincere than the cry for help from those who suffer? Only a great wave of mankind's pity can surmount an immense wave of human misery?”

Humans Helping Pain Suffering Mankind Cry Misery Wave Pity Sincere Immense

Author:Ignacy Jan Paderewski

“... how terrible is the pain of the mind and heart when the freedom of mankind is suppressed!”

Mind Heart Pain Mankind Terrible Heart And Mind

Author:E. A. Bucchianeri

“If you are remembering evil against someone, then pray for him; and as you remove through prayer the pain of the remembrance of the evil he has done, you will stop the advance of the passion. And when you have attained brotherly love and love for mankind, you will completely cast this passion out of your soul. Then when someone else does evil to you, be affectionate and humble toward him, and treat him kindly, and you will deliver him from this passion.”