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Humanity: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations
I am your host; With robbers' hands my hospitable favours You should not ruffle thus.— Shakespeare — King Lear. Act III. Sc. 7. L. 39.
I charge thee, invite them all: let in the tide Of knaves once more; my cook and I'll provide.— Shakespeare — Timon of Athens. Act III. Sc. 4. L. 118.
My master is of churlish disposition And little recks to find the way to heaven By doing deeds of hospitality.— Shakespeare — As You Like It. Act II. Sc. 4. L. 80.
Yet should one, A single sufferer from the field escaped, Panting and pale, and bleeding at his feet, Lift his imploring eyes, -the hero weeps; He is grown human, and capricious Pity, Which would not stir for thousands, melts for one With sympathy spontaneous: - 'Tis not Virtue, Yet 'tis the weakness of a virtuous mind.— ANNA LÆTITIA BARBAULD — The Caterpillar. L. 35.
Love, hope, fear, faith-these make humanity; These are its sign and note and character.— ROBERT BROWNING — Paracelsus. Sc. 3.
Fra Lippo, we have learned from thee A lesson of humanity : To every mother's heart forlorn, In every house the Christ is born.— R. W. GILDER — A Madonna of Fra
Lippo Lippi. He held his seat; a friend to human race.— HOMER — Iliad. Bk. 6. L. 18.
Pope's trans. Respect us, human, and relieve us, poor.— HOMER — Odyssey. Bk. 9. L. 338.
S. Pope's trans. For He, who gave this vast machine to roll, Breathed Life in them, in us a Reasoning Soul; That kindred feelings might our state improve, And mutual wants conduct to mutual love.— JUVENAL — Satire XV. L. 203.
Every human heart is human.— LONGFELLOW — Hiawatha. Introduction. L. 91.
Laborin' man an' laborin' woman Hev one glory an' one shame; Ev'ythin' thet's done inhuman Injers all on 'em the same.— LOWELL — The Biglow Papers. First Series. No. 1. St. 10.
But hearing oftentimes The still, sad music of humanity.— WORDSWORTH — Tintern Abbey.
Never to blend our pleasure or our pride With sorrow of the meanest thing that feels.— WORDSWORTH — Hart-leap Well. Pt. II.