"Poverty is the mother of crime."

-- Marcus Aurelius

#Mother Quotes #Philosophical Quotes #Politics Quotes

“I wouldn't claim to know what another person is thinking. I can imagine it, but it's my interpretation, and I try to make that clear. It's my vision of what I think their life is. I don't think there are empirical truths in that regard.”
“My grandmother influenced me so deeply.”
“The average dog is a nicer person than the average person.”
“Nothing is more disgusting than the majority: because it consists of a few powerful predecessors, of rogues who adapt themselves, of weak who assimilate themselves, and the masses who imitate without knowing at all what they want.”
“When you're through changing, you're through.”
“Why would some all powerful being create creatures capable of reason and then demand that they act in a manner contrary to their creation?”
“Prostitutes are in no danger of finding their present life so satisfactory that they cannot turn to God: the proud, the avaricious, the self-righteous, are in that danger.”
“A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation.”

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