A quotation from Bierce, Ambrose

EDIBLE, adj. Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.

Ambrose Bierce (1842-1914?) American writer and journalist
“Edible,” The Cynic’s Word Book (1906)

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"Edible," The Cynic's Word Book (1906) - Bierce, Ambrose | WIST Quotations

EDIBLE, adj. Good to eat, and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm. Included in The Devil's Dictionary (1911). Originally published in the "Devil's Dictionary" column in…

A quotation from Russell, Bertrand

The time is passed when you could have a happy minority living upon the misery of the great mass. That time is passed. People won’t acquiesce in it, and you will have to learn to put up with the knowledge that your neighbor is also happy, if you want to be happy yourself. I think, if people are wisely educated, they will have a more expansive nature and will find no difficulty in allowing the happiness of others as a necessary condition of their own.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) English mathematician and philosopher
Interview by Woodrow Wyatt, BBC TV (1959)

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Interview by Woodrow Wyatt, BBC TV (1959) - Russell, Bertrand | WIST Quotations

The time is passed when you could have a happy minority living upon the misery of the great mass. That time is passed. People won't acquiesce in it, and you will have to learn to put up with the knowledge that your neighbor is also happy, if you...

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« Une petite partie de l’humanité, par sa gloutonnerie, remet en cause la possibilité d’habiter sur Terre »

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