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“Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.”
― Prejudices First Series
― Prejudices First Series
“The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.”
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“We make choices everyday, some of them good, some of them bad. And - if we are strong enough - we live with the consequences.”
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“I know some who are constantly drunk on books as other men are drunk on whiskey.”
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“Oh! The vile indignity of the human condition! Oh! The undeserving condition of the human cowardice! Go and inquire the grass and the trees. They from themselves produce flowers, leaves and fruits; you from yourself, you produce nits, lice, and worms. They from themselves produce oil, wine, and balm; you from yourself send out mucous, urine, and dung. They from themselves send out the fragrance of sweetness; and you make of yourself an abomination of stench!”
Lothar of Segni, future Innocent III
quoted by Eugenio Garin in his History of Italian Philosophy”
― On the Misery of the Human Condition
Lothar of Segni, future Innocent III
quoted by Eugenio Garin in his History of Italian Philosophy”
― On the Misery of the Human Condition
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