"Let all the poison that lurks in the mud, hatch out."

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Source : Robert Graves, Richard Francis (2000). “I, Claudius ; and, Claudius the god”, Carcanet Press Ltd.

Robert Graves

#Poison Quotes #Mud Quotes

“...perhaps there is some element of good even in the simple act of living, so long as the evils of existence do not preponderate too heavily.”
“The level of musicianship in New York is the highest in the world. It's tough to get into. You start gigging making 50 dollars a night, or playing for nothing to get to something. It's insane. It's like being a modern dancer, or something - the hardest thing to make money from.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com
“Concepts can never be presented to me merely, they must be knitted into the structure of my being, and this can only be done through my own activity.”
“Men tell us sometimes there is no such thing as an atheist. There must be. There are some men to whom it is true that there is no God. They cannot see God because they have no eye. They have only an abortive organ, atrophied by neglect.”
“Your father's an asshole. It's not a disease. You don't have to catch it.”
“Specific protection must be granted to human rights defenders and whistleblowers who have in some contexts been accused of being unpatriotic, whereas they perform, in reality, a democratic service to their countries and to the enjoyment of human rights of their compatriots.”

Source : "UN Expert Calls on Countries to Strengthen Protection of Civil Society Voices, Whistleblowers". news.un.org. September 11, 2013.
“Happiness is like a cloud, if you stare at it long enough, it evaporates.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“That's all the motorcycle is, a system of concepts worked out in steel.”

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