119 Quotes About People-nature

Some people choose to be wrong just to say they were always right...

بعض الناس كالورق يحرقه عود ثقاب، وبعض الناس كالجرانيت تتحطم عليها كل المحاولات

— Нет, Джим, по-моему, все люди одинаковые. Просто люди.— В твои годы я тоже так думал. Если все люди одинаковые, почему ж они тогда не могут ужиться друг с другом? Если все одинаковые, почему они так задаются и так презирают друг друга? Знаешь, я, кажется, начинаю кое-что понимать. Кажется, я начинаю понимать, почему Страшила Рэдли весь век сидит взаперти Просто ему не хочется на люди.

No, what was said in his case was that he, who didn't care for carved oak, should have his drawing-room panelled with it, while people who do care for it have to pay enormous prices to get it. It seems to be the rule of this world. Each person has what he doesn't want, and other people has what he does want. (Chapter VI)

Will it be the same in the future? Will the prized treasures of today be the cheap trifles of the day before? (Chapter VI)

I daresay that was only river water, if we had known. But we did not know, so it was alright. What the eye does not see, the stomach does not get upset over. (Chapter XII)

People shall know what to attack in you but remember they shall not know what to prevent in them

Not judging people is a luxury

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