No envy is more mean than that of small-minded beings when they see a neighbor lifted, as though borne aloft by angels, out of the dull drudgery of their common existence; petty spirits are more ready to forgive a prince the most fabulous wealth than a fellow-sufferer beneath the same yoke the smallest degree of freedom. Beware of Pity
My hope in writing this book has been that enough people will choose to profit from that opportunity to make a difference. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
„Mankind are not perfect, but one age is more or less hypocritical than another, and then simpletons say that its morality is high or low.“ Le Pere Goriot
I have been studying the traits and dispositions of the "lower animals" (so called) and contrasting them with the traits and dispositions of man. I find the result humiliating to me. Letters from the Earth
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