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  •    Humankind can generally be divided into hunters and people who cope with consequences.

    - Miroslav Holub
      The Dimensions of the Present Moment and Other Essays.

  • Yet the sweet converse of an innocent mind, Whose words are images of thoughts refined, Is my soul's pleasure; and it sure must be Almost the highest bliss of human-kind, When to thy haunts two kindred spirits flee.

    -John Keats
      'O Solitude! If I Must withThee Dwell'.

  • Mieux est de ris que de larmes e  crire Pour ce que rire est le propre de l'homme. It is better to write of laughter than of tears For laughter is the basis of humankind.

    - Fran c° ois Rabelais
      Gargantua, Aux lecteurs.

  •    In seinen G o« ttern malt sich der Mensch. Humankind is reflected in its gods.

    - Friedrich Schiller
      Was heiÞt und zu welchem Ende studiert man Universalgeschichte?

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