Mankind

Famous quotes containing the word mankind:

“In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.”
—François, Duc De La Rochefoucauld (1613–1680)

“There is no alleviation for the sufferings of mankind except veracity of thought and of action, and the resolute facing of the world as it is when the garment of make-believe by which pious hands have hidden its uglier features is stripped off.”
—Thomas Henry Huxley (1825–1895)

“I did not know that mankind was suffering for want of gold.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)