"When it occurs to a man that nature does not regard him as important, and that she feels she would not maim the universe by disposing of him, he at first wishes to throw bricks at the temple, and he hates deeply the fact that there are no bricks and no temples."

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Source : Stephen Crane (1998). “The Red Badge of Courage and Other Stories”, p.139, OUP Oxford

Stephen Crane

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“The moral is that in trading it's important to examine the situation from as many angles as possible, because your initial impulses are probably going to be wrong. There is never any money to be made in the obvious conclusions.”
“Our bodies are made to nurture and cuddle and all of those amazing things that come along with being a mom.”
“When goods are exchanged between countries, they must be paid for by commodities or gold. They cannot be paid for by the notes, certificates, and checks of the purchaser's country, since these are of value only in the country of issue.”

Source : Carroll Quigley (1966). “Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time”, New York : Macmillan [c1966]
“The growth of property and the desire for its transmission to children was, in reality, the moving power which brought in monogamy to insure legitimate heirs, and to limit their number to the actual progeny of the married pair.”

Source : Lewis Henry Morgan (1877). “Ancient Society”, p.477, University of Arizona Press
“All art is propaganda; on the other hand, not all propaganda is art.”
“I remember being backstage in my full look and the make-up artist said to me: â€˜Did you hear? Kendall Jenner is here.â€™Â â€˜And I said, â€˜She is? Oh my God!â€™”
“He asks how the evil is to be remedied. I tell him that there seems to be little chance for avoiding the extremes of despotism or anarchy; that the only ground of hope must be the morals of the people, but that these are, I fear, too corrupt.”

Source : Gouverneur Morris (1888). “The Diary and Letters of Gouverneur Morris: Minister of the United States to France ... Etc”
“The very old certainly do not go back on lunch remains but they do bite back at old conversational topics ...”

Source : Ama Ata Aidoo (2015). “No Sweetness Here and Other Stories”, p.57, The Feminist Press at CUNY

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