Money Quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald

“The people suffer from famine because of the multitude of taxes consumed by their superiors.”

— Lao Tzu

“How could a decent person ever rejoice in victory and delight in the slaughter of men”

— Laozi

“well were those that were destined to do so from the very beginning, without any help at all, while all the others were lost…

— Franz Kafka

“There was no pride, pomp, or circumstance of glorious war in this poor, domestic strife, this seemingly sordid and unheroic, miserably unheroic, yet high,…

— George MacDonald

“War? One can lose oneself in the joy of battle, in fighting for a glorious cause, but there are not many glorious causes for…

— Donna Tartt

“To see triumph the nullities, see prosper the dishonor, see grow the injustice, to see agglomerate powers in the hands of the wicked, the…

— Rui Barbosa

“Kings and marshals can look back and relive their triumphs, their great victories. We common folk must take what pleasure we can from life's…

— Raymond E. Feist

“Legions of men, butchered for the greater glory and the profit margins of bankers, chancellors, generals, stockbrokers, and other fathers of the nation, had…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

“It is a tale that is told, from which we may draw the knowledge and comprehension needed for the future. The disproportion between the…

— Winston Churchill

“We had no longing for excessive wealth: a mere competency, though earned by daily toil, so that it was reasonably sure, and free from…

— Edmund Morris

“Surely with all its greatness it could not be lost; surely in the end it must triumph over evil.”

— Zane Grey

“is it not written, that those who make haste to be rich, pierce themselves through with many sorrows?”

— Charles Kingsley