"Of the laws of nature, on which the condition of man depends, that which is attended with the greatest number of consequences, is the necessity of labor for obtaining the means of subsistence, as well as the means of the greatest part of our pleasure."

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Source : James Mill (1829). “Essays on Government, Jurisprudence, Liberty of the Press, and Law of Nations. Written for the Supplement to the Encyclopædia Britannica”, p.4

James Mill

#Mean Quotes #Men Quotes #Law Quotes

“Turns out we've been eating the wrong things...since the dawn of civilisation”
“Please remove your watch,' he said. 'In my domain time isn't a factor.”

Source : Hanif Kureishi (2009). “The Buddha of Suburbia”, p.14, Faber & Faber
“It's all bound to end in tears,”
“The unifying thread through all these different aspects of music business is just my attraction toward working with sounds and designing new scary, evil, dark sounds.”

Source : "Nine Inch Nails' Charlie Clouser makes American Horror Story and Saw sound creepy". Interview With Alex McLevy, www.avclub.com. July 2, 2016.
“You know it’s a bad sign when the theme song from Titanic describes your relationship.”

Source : Julia Spencer-Fleming (2015). “The Clare Fergusson and Russ Van Alstyne Series, Books 4-6: To Darkness and to Death; All Mortal Flesh; I Shall Not Want”, p.434, Macmillan
“Communism begins where atheism begins...”

Source : Erich Fromm, Karl Marx (2013). “Marx's Concept of Man: Including 'Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts'”, p.105, Bloomsbury Publishing
“Be courageous and face this moment in time consciously and with all the discernment and clarity within your power.”
“I am always nearest to myself," says the Latin proverb.”

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