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«Men are the enemies of women. Promising sublime intimacy, unequalled passion, amazing security and grace, they nevertheless exploit and injure in a myriad subtle ways. Without men the world would be a better place: softer, kinder, more loving; calmer, quieter, more humane.»
«Americans have been taught that their nation is civilized and humane. But, too often, U.S. actions have been uncivilized and inhumane.»
«Leadership is liberating people to do what is required of them in the most effective and humane way possible.»
«Be good, be kind, be humane, and charitable; love your fellows; console the afflicted; pardon those who have done you wrong.»
«A humane and generous concern for every individual, his health and his fulfillment, will do more to soothe the savage heart than the fear of state-inflicted death, which chiefly serves to remind us how close we remain to the jungle.»
Author: Ramsey Clark | Keywords: chiefly, humane, jungle
«How much longer are we going to think it necessary to be ''American'' before (or in contradistinction to) being cultivated, being enlightened, being humane, and having the same intellectual discipline as other civilized countries?»
«Humane sentiments are baseless, mad, and improper; they are incredibly feeble; never do they withstand the gainsaying passions, never do they resist bare necessity.»
«Ignore death up to the last moment; then, when it can't be ignored any longer, have yourself squirted full of morphia and shuffle off in a coma. Thoroughly sensible, humane and scientific, eh?»
«All humane things are subject to decay, And, when fate summons, Monarchs must obey.»
Author: John Dryden (Critic, Dramatist, Poet) | Keywords: humane, monarchs
«I've been mixing with humanity today and feel the less humane in consequence»
Author: Seneca | Keywords: humane, mixing

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