There are many things that we would throw away if we were not afraid that others might pick them up.
Translated from the Russian by Kathleen Cook
I believe in death, destruction...chaos, filth, and greed.
Jules, you give that fuckin' nimrod 1, 500 dollars, and I'll shoot him on general principle.
I don't think it's good to never get angry. Just like about the other 7 sins, right? If someone didn’t have any pride, wouldn’t they also be lacking in self-confidence? If someone was free of greed, wouldn’t they have trouble supporting their family? And if people didn’t envy one another, wouldn’t they stop inventing new things?
— My people offered you help. And in return, you brought upon them only ruin and death.
— When did Lake-town come to our aid but for the promise of rich reward?
— A bargain was struck!
— A bargain? What choice did we have but to barter our birthright for blankets and food? To ransom our future in exchange for our freedom? You call that a fair trade?
There! The horse is mine, and the treasury is mine, and the treasury is mine, and the horse is mine! Everything`s mine!
l found out that people are the same all over greedy as animals. ln a small town they're just a bit less successful.
Give someone an inch and they will take a mile.
Throw the first key into the sea of hate,
Throw the second key into the sea of fear,
Throw the third key into the sea of senselessness
And make the people hold each other's hands.
The fourth key belongs into the sea of greed,
And the fifth into the sea of ignorance,
Disease, disease, disease my friend,
For this whole world's in devil's hand.
Disease, disease, disease my friend,
Throw the key or you may die.
And a man sat alone, drenched deep in sadness. And all the animals drew near to him and said: "We do not like to see you so sad." "Ask us for whatever you wish and you shall have it." The Man said: "I want to have good sight." The vulture replied: "You shall have mine." The Man said: "I want to be strong, strong." The jaguar said: "You shall be strong like me." Then the Man said: "I have another wish. "I long to know the secrets of the earth." The serpent replied: "I will show them to you." And so it went with all the animals. And when the Man had all the gifts that they could give, he left. Then the owl said to the other animals: "Now the Man knows much and is able to do many things. "Suddenly I am afraid." The deer said: "The Man has all that he needs. Now his sadness will stop." But the owl replied: "No. I saw a hole in the Man... deep like a hunger he will never fill. It is what makes him sad and what makes him want. He will go on taking and taking... until one day the World will say: "I am no more and I have nothing left to give."
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