Quote of André Comte-Sponville - It is by playing the man...
Biography - André Comte-Sponville:
French philosopher.
Born: 1952
Period:
21st century
20th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1952
Period:
21st century
20th century
Place of birth: France
It is by playing the man, or the woman well that one helps humanity to exist. And it is necessary: it needs you just as you need it!
Translation
(French)
See also...
Quotes about human nature:
Humanity takes itself too seriously. It is the world's original sin. If the caveman had known how to laugh, History would have been different.
Humankind has become so much one family that we cannot ensure our own prosperity except by ensuring that of everyone else. If you wish to be happy yourself, you must resign yourself to seeing others also happy.
Quotes about woman:
In fact, as a woman, I have no country. As a woman I want no country. As a woman my country is the whole world.
Never forget that it will be enough for a political, economic or religious crisis for the rights of women to be called into question. These rights are never acquired. You will have to remain vigilant throughout your life.
No one is more arrogant toward women, more aggressive or scornful, than the man who is anxious about his virility.
No longer shall I paint interiors with men reading and women knitting. I will paint living people who breathe and feel and suffer and love.
Within the given world, it is up to man to make the reign of freedom prevail; to carry off this supreme victory, men and women must, among other things and above and beyond their natural differentiations, affirm their brotherhood unequivocally.
Quotes about man, all human beings:
Quotes for: help
Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.
Treat people as if they were what they ought to be and you help them to become what they are capable of being.
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