Opium Quotes

103 Opium quotes by 71 unique authors

Atheism is the opium of the mathematicians. Atheism is the religion of Mathematics. — Bill Gaede
In order to increase his pleasures, man has intentionally added to the number and pressure of his needs, which in their original state were not… — Arthur Schopenhauer
It's really weird how your life changes. Tonight I'm drinking water. Four years ago? Opium. Night and day, you know? — Bill Hicks
It appears that the English think the Japanese... are fond of opium, and they want to bring it here also. — Townsend Harris
Saigon was an addicted city, and we were the drug: the corruption of children, the mutilation of young men, the prostitution of women, the humiliation… — James Fenton
We were like confirmed opium-eaters: in our moments of reason we well knew the deadly nature of our pursuit, but we certainly were not prepared… — H. Rider Haggard
Confucianism strongly condemned the use of drugs like opium. — Robert Trout
Parrots are the opium of the people — Karl Marx
Words like passion and ecstasy, we learn them but they stay flat on the page. Sometimes we try to turn them over, find out what's… — Jeanette Winterson
Alcoholism, the opium habit and tobaccoism are a trio of poison habits which have been weighty handicaps to human progress during the last three centuries.… — John Harvey Kellogg
The thing about opium is that it makes pain or difficulty unimaginable. — Sebastian Faulks
A true opium of the people is a belief in nothingness after death. — Czeslaw Milosz
Lettuce, greens and celery, though much eaten, are worse than cabbage, being equally indigestible without the addition of condiments. Besides, the lettuce contains narcotic properties.… — William Alcott
Tobacco and opium have broad backs, and will cheerfully carry the load of armies, if you choose to make them pay high for such joy… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The spirit of the world, the great calm presence of the creator, comes not forth to the sorceries of opium or of wine. — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Opium teaches only one thing, which is that aside from physical suffering, there is nothing real. — Andre Malraux
The fear of death is for all of us everywhere, but for the great intelligence of the opium eater it is beautifully narrowed into the… — John Cheever
Only the opium eater truly understands the pain of death. — John Cheever
Among the remedies which it has pleased Almighty God to give to man to relieve his sufferings, none is so universal and so efficacious as… — Thomas Sydenham
Many Chinese saw opium as a poison introduced by foreign enemies. — Robert Trout
The East India Company established a monopoly over the production of opium, shortly after taking over Bengal. — Robert Trout
The expense of a war could be paid in time; but the expense of opium, when once the habit is formed, will only increase with… — Townsend Harris
The President of the United States thinks that for the Japanese opium is more dangerous than war. — Townsend Harris
If you make a treaty first with the United States and settle the matter of the opium trade, England cannot change this, though she should… — Townsend Harris
The President wishes the Japanese to be very prudent about the introduction of opium, and if a treaty is made, he wishes that opium may… — Townsend Harris

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