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"Man," said the Ghost, "if man you be in heart, not adamant, forbear that wicked cant until you have discovered What the surplus is, and Where it is. Will you decide what men shall live, what men shall die? It may be, that in the sight of
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“You should never exchange words with someone who won’t see reason.”
― The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes
― The Poetic Edda: Stories of the Norse Gods and Heroes
“In war,' answered the weaver, 'the strong make slaves of the weak, and in peace the rich make slaves of the poor. We must work to live, and they give us such mean wages that we die. We toil for them all day long, and they heap up gold in their coffers, and our children fade away before their time, and the faces of those we love become hard and evil. We tread out the grapes, and another drinks the wine. We sow the corn, and our own board is empty. We have chains, though no eye beholds them; and are slaves, though men call us free.”
― The Young King: The Star-Child
― The Young King: The Star-Child
“Books”
― The Secret Book Society
― The Secret Book Society
“If you compare the City with the Forest, you may begin to wonder why it’s man who goes around classifying himself as The Superior Animal. “Superior to what?” asked Pooh. “I don’t know, Pooh. I’ve tried to think of something, but I just can’t come up with an answer.” “If people were Superior to Animals, they’d take better care of the world,” said Pooh. “That’s true,” I said.”
― The Tao of Pooh
― The Tao of Pooh
“A whining note had come into his voice, the tone of someone who had—in AA lingo—a ring around his ass from sitting on the pity-pot.”
― Fairy Tale
― Fairy Tale
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