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""Capitalism is what is left when beliefs have collapsed at the level of ritual or symbolic elaboration, and all that is left is the consumer- spectator, trudging through the ruins and the relics."" — 7 hours, 58 min ago
""Capitalism is what is left when beliefs have collapsed at the level of ritual or symbolic elaboration, and all that is left is the consumer- spectator, trudging through the ruins and the relics."" — 7 hours, 58 min ago
“You don't reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.”
― Napoleon's Memoirs
― Napoleon's Memoirs
“This soldier, I realized, must have had friends at home and in his regiment; yet he lay there deserted by all except his dog. I looked on, unmoved, at battles which decided the future of nations. Tearless, I had given orders which brought death to thousands. Yet here I was stirred, profoundly stirred, stirred to tears. And by what? By the grief of one dog.'
Napoleon Bonaparte, on finding a dog beside the body of his dead master, licking his face and howling, on a moonlit field after a battle. Napoleon was haunted by this scene until his own death.”
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Napoleon Bonaparte, on finding a dog beside the body of his dead master, licking his face and howling, on a moonlit field after a battle. Napoleon was haunted by this scene until his own death.”
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“Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet. Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.”
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“If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.”
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“Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.”
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