human nature

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Ullman said it’s human nature to be an “armchair expert.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 3, 2026

"I think the fixation on the toilet is kind of human nature," he said.

From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026

Loubna Mrie’s candid and absorbing memoir, ‘Defiance,’ is a stark reminder of the corruptions of power, the uncertainties of revolution and the frequent viciousness of human nature.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 3, 2026

It’s human nature to look at the new world with nostalgia for the past.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 21, 2026

Jefferson's version of a classless American society was therefore a pipe dream, because the source of the problem was not European feudalism but human nature itself.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis