"There's some human instinct which makes a..." - Quote by Mark Twain
There's some human instinct which makes a man treasure what he is not to make any use of, because everybody does not possess it.
More by Mark Twain
“The [Kodak is] the only witness I have encountered in my long experience that I couldn't bribe.”
“Sane and intelligent human beings are like all other human beings, and carefully and cautiously and diligently conceal their private real opinions from the world and give out fictitious ones in their stead for general consumption.”
“If there wasn't anything to find out, it would be dull. Even trying to find out and not finding out is just as interesting as trying to find out and finding out; and I don't know but more so.”
More on Human Nature
“Man's nature is not essentially evil. Brute nature has been known to yield to the influence of love. You must never despair of human nature.”
“Idleness is more an infirmity of the mind than of the body.”
“At a certain depth of distress, the poor, in their stupor, groan no longer over evil, and are no longer thankful for good.”