Man is the only animal that learns by being hypocritical. He pretends to be polite and then, eventually, he becomes polite.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is learning to understand and control the behavior of crop plants and domestic animals, he may be justified in believing that he has become civilized.
He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.
The petty man is eager to make boasts, yet desires that others should believe in him. He enthusiastically engages in deception, yet wants others to have affection for him. He conducts himself like an animal, yet wants others to think well of him.
Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part.
The male is a domestic animal which, if treated with firmness and kindness, can be trained to do most things.
Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy.
Man has been adjudged a social animal.
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when he is called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.