"The consideration of human suffering is not one which enters into the calculations of primitive man."

-- James G. Frazer

#Men Quotes #Suffering Quotes #Consideration Quotes

“I have not observed mens honesty to increase with their riches.”
“I write lustily and humorously. It isn't calculated; it's the way I think. I've invented a writing style that expresses who I am.”
“Unless a writer is extremely old when he dies, in which case he has probably become a neglected institution, his death must always be seen as untimely. This is because a real writer is always shifting and changing and searching. The world has many labels for him, of which the most treacherous is the label of Success.”
“Tell me the tales that to me were so dear, Long, long ago, long, long ago.”

Source : "Long, Long Ago" (song) (ca. 1835)
“The reason why parents mistreat their children has less to do with character and temperament than with the fact that they were mistreated themselves and were not permitted to defend themselves.”
“That's a headache waiting to happen.”
“The fact is that much of advertising's power comes from this belief that advertising does not affect us. The most effective kind of propaganda is that which is not recognized as propaganda. Because we think advertising is silly and trivial, we are less on guard, less critical, than we might otherwise be. It's all in fun, it's ridiculous. While we're laughing, sometimes sneering, the commercial does its work.”

Source : Jean Kilbourne (2012). “Can't Buy My Love: How Advertising Changes the Way We Think and Feel”, p.27, Simon and Schuster
“Life is a circus ring, with some moments more spectacular than others.”

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