'"It is a pity we have to be human," said Dudley. "Human failings, human vanity, human weakness! We don't hear the word applied to anything good. Even human nature seems a derogatory term. It is simply an excuse for everything."
"Human charity, human kindness," said Justine. "I think that gives us to think, Uncle."
"There are great examples of human nobility and sacrifice," said Blanche. "Mr. Penrose must know many of them."
"People are always so pleased about people's sacrifice," said Dudley; "I mean other people's. It is not very nice of them. I suppose it is only human."
from A Family and a Fortune by I. Compton-Burnett (Chapter 1)
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