He who profits by villainy, has perpetrated it.
“The devil himself can become beauty, so we are told, to corrupt mankind."(Marco)”
“In my small way, I preserved and catalogued, and dipped into the vast ocean of learning that awaited, knowing all the time that the life of one man was insufficient for even the smallest part of th...”
“Although of course I am aware that it changes colour in a jar. But we know why, surely? The heavier melancholic elements in the blood sink, making the top lighter and the bottom darker.""Not so," I...”
“Every evil starts with 15 volts.”
“My feeling about work is that it's an unnecessary evil, so I've always done my best to avoid it.”
“Neither love nor evil conquers all, but evil cheats more.”
“The parties with the most gain never show up on the battlefield.”
“...when the black populations of the world have a future, so will the Western nations have a future-and not till then. But the terrible probability is that the Western populations, struggling to ho...”
“The Protestants of old go to work not just for the money, their biggest motivation for work is service to God and man. Not the interest to gain profit or make money.”
“But that woman is an encyclopedia!Of all vices, ancient and modern, and terribly interesting to leaf through!”
“A strange girl, all phosphorous and cantharides, burning with every desire! And burning with every vice!”
“The modern world is not evil; in some ways the modern world is far too good. It is full of wild and wasted virtues. When a religious scheme is shattered...it is not merely the vices that are let lo...”
