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)

“Consider the deference which is everywhere paid to a doctor’s opinion. Nothing more strikingly betrays the credulity of mankind than medicine. Quackery is a thing universal, and universally successful. In this case it becomes literally true that no imposition is too great for the credulity of men.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)