“All men, or most men, wish what is noble but choose what is profitable; and while it is noble to render a service not with an eye to receiving one in return, it is profitable to receive one. One ought therefore, if one can, to return the equivalent of services received, and to do so willingly; for one ought not to make a man one's friend if one is unwilling to return his favors.” IfsMenEyeWishHuman NatureReturnOughtNobleFavorsReceivingProfitableUnwilling Author:Aristotle
“It is just human nature to take time to connect the dots, I know that. But I also know that there can be a day of reckoning when you wish you had connected the dots more quickly.” KnowsHumansWishHuman NatureConnectedTake TimeWish YouDotsInconvenientReckoningInconvenient Truth Author:Al Gore
“Those who profess contempt for men, and put them on a level with beasts, yet wish to be admired and believed by men, and contradict themselves by their own feelings--their nature, which is stronger than all, convincing them of the greatness of man more forcibly than reason convinces them of his baseness.” MenReasonFeelingsWishLevelsHuman NatureGreatnessStrongerBeastConvinceContemptConvincingBasenessGreatness Of Man Author:Blaise Pascal
“What a world is this! What is there in it desirable? The good we hope for so strangely mixed, that one knows not what to wish for!And one half of mankind tormenting the other, and being tormented themselves in tormenting!” KnowsWorldLifeWishHalfMankindHuman NatureDesirableOne Half Book:Clarissa Harlowe, or The History of a Young Lady - Complete Source: Clarissa Harlowe, or The History of a Young Lady - Complete