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Instinct |
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Quotations
 | A man's jealousy is a social institution, a woman's prostitution an instinct. — Karl Kraus, 1874-1936, Austrian writer 15 likes |
 | Every man wants a woman to appeal to his better side and his nobler instincts - and another woman to help him forget them. — Helen Rowland, 1875-1950, American journalist & humorist 5 likes |
 | Be a good animal, true to your instincts. — D. H. Lawrence, 1885-1930, British writer 5 likes |
 | Morality is herd instinct in the individual. — Friedrich Nietzsche, 1844-1900, German philosopher 3 likes |
 | The very essence of instinct is that it’s followed independently of reason. — Charles Darwin, 1809-1882, British scientist 3 likes |
 | Art is not the application of a canon of beauty but what the instinct and the brain can conceive beyond any canon. When we love a woman we don't start measuring her limbs. — Pablo Picasso, 1881-1973, Spanish painter 3 likes |
 | Religion is not a popular error; it is a great instinctive truth, sensed by the people, expressed by the people. — Ernest Renan, 1823-1892, French philosopher & historian 2 likes |
 | Man emerges from the beast when he orders his instincts hierarchically. — Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer 1 likes |
 | A goose flies by a chart which the Royal Geographical Society could not mend. — Oliver W. Holmes Sr., 1809-1894, American writer 1 likes |
 | Science had better not free the minds of men too much, before it has tamed their instincts. — Jean Rostand, 1894-1977, French scientist & philosopher 1 likes |
 | Innocence has its instincts, its needs, its physiological dues. — Remy de Gourmont, 1858-1915, French poet 1 likes |
 | It takes a great deal of Christianity to wipe out uncivilized Eastern instincts, such as falling in love at first sight. — Rudyard Kipling, 1865-1936, English writer, Nobel 1907 1 likes |
 | In art as in love, instinct is enough. — Anatole France, 1844-1924, French writer, Nobel 1921 1 likes |
 | Trust your instincts. If you have no instincts, trust your impulses. — Noel Coward, 1899-1973, British playwright 1 likes |
 | And, in order to possess the Truth, the plays of the lower nature must be stopped. — Sri Aurobindo, 1872-1950, Indian nationalist, yogi & philosopher 1 likes |
 | Within us there is someone who knows everything, wills everything, does everything better than we ourselves. — Hermann Hesse, 1877-1962, German writer, Nobel 1946 1 likes |
 | If every instinct you have is wrong, then the opposite would have to be right. — Jerry Seinfeld, 1954-, American comedian 1 likes |
 | Instinct is a marvelous thing. It can neither be explained nor ignored. — Agatha Christie, 1890-1976, British writer 1 likes |
 | Faith is when love is stronger than instinct. — Paul Carvel, 1964-, Belgian author of maxims 1 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | Habit is second nature. Έξις δευτέρα φύσις. — Aristotle, 384-322 BC, Ancient Greek philosopher 13 likes |
