“Fear of the mob is a superstitious fear. It is based on the idea that there is some mysterious, fundamental difference between rich and poor, as though they were two different races, like Negroes and white men. But in reality there is no such difference. The mass of the rich and the poor are differentiated by their incomes and nothing else, and the average millionaire is only the average dishwasher dressed in a new suit. Change places, and handy dandy, which is the justice, which is the thief? Everyone who has mixed on equal terms with the poor knows this quite well. But the trouble is that intelligent, cultivated people, the very people who might be expected to have liberal opinions, never do mix with the poor. For what do the majority of educated people know about poverty?”
― Down and Out in Paris and London
― Down and Out in Paris and London
“Suffering is part and parcel of extensive intelligence and a feeling heart.”
― Crime and Punishment
― Crime and Punishment
“The most terrifying fact about the universe is not that it is hostile but that it is indifferent; but if we can come to terms with this indifference and accept the challenges of life within the boundaries of death – however mutable man may be able to make them – our existence as a species can have genuine meaning and fulfillment. However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.”
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“The world says: "You have needs -- satisfy them. You have as much right as the rich and the mighty. Don't hesitate to satisfy your needs; indeed, expand your needs and demand more." This is the worldly doctrine of today. And they believe that this is freedom. The result for the rich is isolation and suicide, for the poor, envy and murder.”
― The Brothers Karamazov
― The Brothers Karamazov
“شيد قصورك
شيد قصورك ع المزارع من كدنا و عمل ايدينا ..
و الخمارات جنب المصانع و السجن مطرح الجنينة ..
و اطلق كلابك في الشوارع و اقفل زنازينك علينا ..
و قل نومنا في المضاجع .. آدي احنا نمنا ما اشتهينا ..
و اتقل علينا بالمواجع .. احنا اتوجعنا و اكتفينا ..
و عرفنا مين سبب جراحنا و عرفنا روحنا و التقينا ..
عمال و فلاحين و طلبة .. دقت ساعتنا و ابتدينا ..
نسلك طريق مالوهش راجع ..و النصر قرب من عنينا..
النصر اقرب من ايدينا ..”
― أحمد فؤاد نجم: الأعمال الشعرية الكاملة
شيد قصورك ع المزارع من كدنا و عمل ايدينا ..
و الخمارات جنب المصانع و السجن مطرح الجنينة ..
و اطلق كلابك في الشوارع و اقفل زنازينك علينا ..
و قل نومنا في المضاجع .. آدي احنا نمنا ما اشتهينا ..
و اتقل علينا بالمواجع .. احنا اتوجعنا و اكتفينا ..
و عرفنا مين سبب جراحنا و عرفنا روحنا و التقينا ..
عمال و فلاحين و طلبة .. دقت ساعتنا و ابتدينا ..
نسلك طريق مالوهش راجع ..و النصر قرب من عنينا..
النصر اقرب من ايدينا ..”
― أحمد فؤاد نجم: الأعمال الشعرية الكاملة
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