"Only the dead know the truth."

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Source : Leonid Andreyev (1914). “Savva: The Life of Man; Two Plays”

Leonid Andreyev

“It's hard for the White House to regain momentum if the Congress is in disarray. It ties up the Republicans in Congress and limits their ability to execute any White House agenda.”
“The soul should take care of the body, just as the pilgrim on his way to Makkah takes care of his camel; but if the pilgrim spends his whole time in feeding and adorning his camel, the caravan will leave him behind, and he will perish in the desert.”
“The language in a comic book or a graphic novel and the cinematographic language are really not the same language. They are false brother and sister. It's not at all the same.”
“The prostitutes worked for a pimp now. He was splendid and cruel. He was a god to them. He took their free will away from them, which was perfectly all right. They didn't want it anyway. It was as though they had surrendered themselves to Jesus, for instance, so they could live unselfishly and trustingly-except that they had surrendered to a pimp instead.”
“Once a man has tasted freedom, he will never be content to be a slave.”
“Stop lying. There isn't enough time left.”
“The world so clamors for action that men and women devote little time to thinking. Many believe in secondhand thinking. They find it easier to ascertain and adopt the thoughts of others than to think for themselves.”
“Powerful people get away with things. That's one way to demonstrate their difference from the rest of us.”

Source : Elizabeth Janeway (1987). “Improper behavior”, William Morrow

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