"To sell oneself for thirty pieces of silver is an honest transaction; but to sell oneself to one s own conscience is to abandon mankind."

-- Arthur Koestler

#Pieces Quotes #Honest Quotes #Silver Quotes

“Mississippi gets more than their fair share back in federal money, but who the hell wants to live in Mississippi?”
“The philosopher is someone who doesn't know, but who wants to find out.”

Source : Simon Critchley, Carl Cederstr?m, Todd Kesselman (2013). “Impossible Objects”, p.32, John Wiley & Sons
“Nobody gets to pick what life gives them”
“It is afraid of an informed, angry public demanding the constitutional government it was promised - and it should be.”
“A first walk in any new country is one of the things which makes life on this planet worth being grateful for.”

Source : William Beebe (2012). “Galapagos: World's End”, p.62, Courier Corporation
“It wasn't only that you didn't see him anymore, meet him anymore. You saw his absence and encountered it as something tangible. His not being there was like the sharply outlined emptiness of a photo with a figure cut out precisely with scissors and now the missing figure is more important, more dominant than all others.”

Source : Pascal Mercier (2008). “Night Train to Lisbon: A Novel”, p.157, Grove/Atlantic, Inc.
“Overcoming sin, blessed though it surely is, is but the bare minimum of a believers experience. There is nothing astonishing in it. Not to overcome sin is what ought to astonish us.”
“Providing the best photo sharing experience is one reason why so many people love Facebook and we knew it would be worth bringing these two companies together.”

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