"Is a man satisfied, merely because he is perfumed himself, to mingle with a malodorous crowd?"

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Source : Edward Bellamy (2016). “Looking Backward, 2000 to 1887: American literature”, p.110, VM eBooks

Edward Bellamy

#Men Quotes #Crowds Quotes #Satisfied Quotes

“The second principle of magic: things which have once been in contact with each other continue to act on each other at a distance after the physical contact has been severed.”
“With Russia, it is almost similar to China: people there have had it up to here with the West! The Russian people suffered immensely from Western imperialism.”
“Humility is a virtue all men preach, none practice, and yet everybody is content to hear. The master thinks it good doctrine for his servants, the laity for the clergy, and the clergy for the laity.”
“I listen to kids play a lot.”
“I'll have to admit, he really does have quite a smile.Kind of heart-stopping, especially as it comes out of nowhere. I mean... you know. If your heart was in the kind of place to be stopped.”
“What moments divine , what rapture serene.”

Source : Song: Begin the Beguine
“I think filmmakers all secretly wanna be musicians and all musicians secretly wanna be filmmakers.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“There is a long standing tradition of using code to evade censorship in China, so that goes on. The trouble is the Chinese government has created the world's most sophisticated censorship machine.”

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