Kemerosotan Tamadun Quotes & Sayings

When a slave rebels against his master, the situation presented is of one man pitted against another, under
a cruel sky, far from the exalted realms of principles. The final result is merely the murder of a man. The
servile rebellions, peasant risings, beggar outbreaks, rustic revolts, all advance the concept of a principle
of equality, a life for a life, which despite every kind of mystification and audacity will always be found
in the purest manifestations of the revolutionary spirit- — Albert Camus

The superior officer raised his ice-blue eyes, then went back to his chore without exhibiting any particular emotion. If the colonel was involved in the affair, Sharko thought, if he had kept up with the news following the discovery of the bodies in Gravenchon, he would certainly know Sharko's face, who he was. If so, had he been steeling himself for this visit since the corporal on guard had called ahead? Or had he simply not recognized him? — Franck Thilliez

When you assess something as a problem instead of as something to simply be accepted as the way things are, you are assuming there is a potential resolution. — David Allen

The principle here is that a new generation owes a measure of thanks to every member of the previous generation. Our — Amor Towles

It seemed that it was changing subtly, cooking itself down under the pressure of time, silent invisible flakes settling to form a mulch, a crystalline essence of discarded technology, flowering secretly in the Sprawl's waste places. — William Gibson

Self-esteem is not a luxury; it is a profound spiritual need. — Nathaniel Branden

I love Wingfoot; I'm a member of Wingfoot. It's a great course. — Donald Trump

The Lord Jesus is a deep sea of joy: my soul shall dive therein, shall be swallowed up in the delights of his society. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

An alibi is one alliterative consonant short of being a magic carpet — Josh Stern

Oh, well. Love is pain. Or is it beauty is pain? I wouldn't know about the latter, but the former makes my sternum ache. — Laura Buzo