"It might otherwise appear paradoxical that money can be replaced by worthless paper; but that the slightest alloying of its metallic content depreciates it."

-- Karl Marx

#Paper Quotes #Might Quotes #Paradoxical Quotes

“Thurst [thrust] out nature with a croche [crook], yet woll she styll runne back agayne.”
“I preach nonviolence because it's the better alternative.”
“There are some things we do because we convince ourselves it would be better for everyone involved. We tell ourselves that it's the right thing to do, the altruistic thing to do. It's far easier than telling ourselves the truth.”
“And I don't give a damn about a greenback dollarSpend it fast as I can for a wailin' song and a good guitarThe only things that I understand, oh yeah.”
“Satire must not be a kind of superfluous ill will, but ill will from a higher point of view. Ridiculous man, divine God. Or else, hatred against the bogged-down vileness of average man as against the possible heights that humanity might attain.”
“I detest heavy perfume and shrill voices.”

Source : Renée Vivien (1979). “At the sweet hour of hand in hand”
“We can make a little order where we are, and then the big sweep of history on which we can have no effect doesn't overwhelm us. We do it with colors, with a garden, with the furnishings of a room, or with sounds and words. We make a little form, and we gain composure.”
“Never argue with a drunk or a fool.”

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