"Civilization is a hopeless race to discover remedies for the evils it produces."

-- Jean-Jacques Rousseau

#Race Quotes #Civilization Quotes #Evil Quotes

“But whats it all worth, cant take it when you under this earth Rich men died and tried, but none of it worked They just rob your grave, Id rather be alive and paid Before my numbers called, historys made Somell fall, but I rise, thug or die Makin choices, that determine my future under the sky To rob steal or kill, Im wondering why Its a dirty game, is any man worthy of fame? Much to success to ya, even if you wish me the opposite Sooner or later we'll all see who the prophet is.”
“This world is moving around like a wheel. That indeed is the last birth in which one gets completely rid of all desires.”
“A young man is afraid of his demon and puts his hand over the demon's mouth sometimes and speaks for him. And the things the young man says are very rarely poetry.”
“A politician taking campaign money from gamblers in Nevada is like one taking campaign money from the auto people in Michigan. Gambling is our legal business.”
“...real loneliness is having no one to miss. Think yourself lucky you've known something worth missing.”

Source : Emma Donoghue (1995). “Hood”
“I'm a really rotten liar. Generally, if I've tried to pull off a lie, it hasn't worked out to my advantage.”
“The great square has no corners and the great implement completes nothing.”
“Labor, therefore, is a duty from which no man living is exempt, without forfeiting his right to his daily bread.”

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