humanity

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The quality of being human; the peculiar nature of man, by which he is distinguished from other beings.

Mankind collectively; the human race.

The quality of being humane; the kind feelings, dispositions, and sympathies of man; especially, a disposition to relieve persons or animals in distress, and to treat all creatures with kindness and tenderness.

Mental cultivation; liberal education; instruction in classical and polite literature.

The branches of polite or elegant learning; as language, rhetoric, poetry, and the ancient classics; belles-letters.

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If zeal had been appropriate for putting humanity right, why did God the Word clothe himself in the body, using gentleness and humility in order to bring the world back to his Father? Isaac the Syrian

Someday I want to be rich. Some people get so rich they lose all respect for humanity. That's how rich I want to be. Rita Rudner

We owe to the Middle Ages the two worst inventions of humanity - romantic love and gunpowder. André Maurois

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty. Mahatma Gandhi

Over a distance of a thousand miles only humanity works, not power. Chinese Proverb

Above all nations is humanity. American Proverb

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