One murder makes a villain, millions a hero.
Category: Inspirational
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If once a man indulges himself in murder, very soon he comes to think little of robbing; and from robbing he next comes to drinking and Sabbath-breaking, and from that to incivility and procrastination.
Either this man is dead or my watch has stopped.
Animals have these advantages over man: they never hear the clock strike, they die without any idea of death, they have no theologians to instruct them, their last moments are not disturbed by unwelcome and unpleasant ceremonies, their funerals cost them nothing, and no one starts lawsuits over their wills.
Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.
It is impossible to enjoy idling unless there is plenty of work to do.
One of the delights known to age, and beyond the grasp of youth, is that of Not Going.
When I was young there was no respect for the young, and now that I am old there is no respect for the old. I missed out coming and going.