# Quote — Edmund Cooper, Five to Twelve

> Mankind has never been renowned for accepting logical solutions to its most serious problems. As a rule, the degre of logicality of solutions seemed to vary inversely with the urgency or seriousness of the problems.

- Author: [Edmund Cooper](https://www.leafyquotes.com/edmund-cooper.md)
- Book: [Five to Twelve](https://www.leafyquotes.com/edmund-cooper/five-to-twelve.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/edmund-cooper/five-to-twelve/mankind-has-never

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> Those who look for death have to wait patiently till death finds those who look.

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