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“Society knows perfectly well how to kill a man and has methods more subtle than death.”
Autumn Leaves • Andre Gide“The teacher reminded us that Rome's liberties were not auctioned off in a day, but were bought slowly, gradually, furtively, little by little; first with a little corn and oil for the exceedingly poor and wretched, later with corn and oil for voters who were not quite so poor, later still with corn and oil for pretty much every man that had a vote to sell--exactly our own history over again.”
Purchasing Civic Virtue • Mark Twain“Of course, Alexander the Great was a hero, but why smash the chairs?”
The Inspector General • Nikolai Gogol“For after death, as they say, the genius of each individual, to whom he belonged in life, leads him to a certain place in which the dead are gathered together for judgment, whence they go into the world below, following the guide who is appointed to conduct them from this world to the other; and when they have there received their due and remained their time, another guide brings them back again after many revolutions of ages.”
The Trials Of Socrates • Plato“No one wants advice, only corroboration.”
The Winter of Our Discontent • John Steinbeck