"That some are poorer than others, ever was and ever will be: And that many are naturally querulous and envious, is an Evil as old as the World."

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Source : William Petty (1691). “Political arthmetick, or a discourse concerning the extent and value of lands, people, buildings, husbandry, manufacture, commerce etc”, p.24

William Petty

#Evil Quotes #World Quotes #Envious Quotes

“Time is a stream which glides smoothly on and is past before we know.”
“In the frantic search for an elusive 'cure,' few researchers stand back and ask a very basic question: why does cancer exist? What is its place in the grand story of life?”
“Although not of the quality of my later work, I feel there is some quality to it [my early work] in an art sense, and probably some additional quality in a biographical sense.”
“The art of the novel, however, has fallen into such a state of stagnation - a lassitude acknowledged and discussed by the whole of critical opinion - that it is hard to imagine such an art can survive for long without some radical change. To many, the solution seems simple enough: such a change being impossible, the art of the novel is dying.”

Source : Alain Robbe-Grillet, Richard Howard (1989). “For a New Novel: Essays on Fiction”, p.17, Northwestern University Press
“I don't watch horror movies because they scare me!”
“Emotional truths woven by lawyers in the court of law are apparently more important than the truths of actual events. I have grown to fear for those whose innocence became trapped within the legal system.”
“I think we have such a political cesspool in America right now.”
“Since I was a kid, I always felt the need to share the music I love with as many people as possible, and DJing seemed like the perfect outlet.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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