“Civilization is being poisoned by its own waste products”
W. R. Inge
“Civilization is being poisoned by its own waste products.”
William Ralph Inge
“A dose of poison can do its work but once. A bad book can go on poisoning minds for generations.”
William Murray
“To poison a nation, poison its stories. A demoralised nation tells demoralised stories to itself. Beware of the storytellers who are not fully conscious of the importance of their gifts, and who are irresponsible in the application of their art: they”
Ben Okri
“Lacking ladylike poison, Lizzie (Borden) did what every over-civilized, understated Wasp is entirely capable of doing once we finally admit we're mad as hell and aren't going to take it any more: She went from Anglo to Saxon in a trice”
Florence King
“I give you bitter pills in sugar coating. The pills are harmless: the poison is in the sugar.”
Stanislaw Jerzy Lec
“Wickedness sucks in the greater part of its own venom and poisons itself therewith”
Michel de Montaigne
