Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are, and what they ought to be.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Man is the only animal whose desires increase as they are fed; the only animal that is never satisfied.
Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.
Man is the only creature that refuses to be what he is.
If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the faculty of laughter. He has a heart capable of mirth, and naturally disposed to it.
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.
Man has done a lot to make himself dangerous and animals get the worst of all of it. But then, man too is an animal.
Man is the creature of circumstances.
Man as a pure animal does not exist.
The laughter of man is more terrible than his tears, and takes more forms hollow, heartless, mirthless, maniacal.
Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part.
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