Alan R. Pratt > Quotes

“Doth someone say that there be gods above? There are not, no, there are not. let no fool, led by the old false fable, thus deceive you. Look at the facts themselves, yielding my words No undue credence; for I say that kings Kill, rob, break oaths, lay cities to waste by fraud, And doing thus are happier than those who live calm pious lives day by day.”
― Alan R. Pratt, The Dark Side: Thoughts on the Futility of Life from the Ancient Greeks to the Present

“I see the better way, and approve it; I follow the worse.”
― Alan R. Pratt, The Dark Side: Thoughts on the Futility of Life from the Ancient Greeks to the Present

“Man's life is a warfare against the malice of men.”
― Alan R. Pratt, The Dark Side: Thoughts on the Futility of Life from the Ancient Greeks to the Present