"The first Rudiments of Morality, broach'd by skilful Politicians, to render Men useful to each other as well as tractable, were chiefly contrived that the Ambitious might reap the more Benefit from, and govern vast Numbers of them with the greater Ease and Security."

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Source : Bernard de Mandeville (1723). “The Fable of the Bees”, p.21, Jazzybee Verlag

Bernard de Mandeville

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“Not all human souls but only the pious ones are divine.”
“People can choose between the sweet lie or the bitter truth. I say the bitter truth, but many people don't want to hear it.”

Source : "'It Is a Clash of Civilizations'". Interview with Martin Doerry, Christoph Schult, www.spiegel.de. March 21, 2010.
“Everyone dies without understanding anything. Thats the way the world works, after all.”
“I feel comfortable in places like London. You get many cultures in L.A. but it's strangely segregated.”
“I try to make myself, and subsequently the audience, as uncomfortable as possible, whether it's completely desecrating a song they thought was one thing, or getting too drunk to really do a very good job.”

Source : Source: www.avclub.com
“Beauty is an evil in an ivory setting.”
“The Tinted Windows shows were very fun but it's very different for me as a performer. I'm not playing music - I'm just singing and I missed that. I miss rocking out on keys, drums, guitar... whatever it is.”

Source : "Taylor Hanson Isn’t Burning Down Any Hotel Rooms". Interview with Jon Chattman, www.huffingtonpost.com. September 26, 2009.
“Have not prisons - which kill all will and force of character in man, which enclose within their walls more vices than are met with on any other spot of the globe - always been universities of crime?”

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