Pierre Stephen Robert Payne: Man

Pierre Stephen Robert Payne was British lecturer, novelist, historian, poet and biographer. Explore interesting quotes on man.
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“At the heart of the mystery of corruption lies the desire of one man to impose his will on others to the largest possible extent.”

The Five faces of Corruption, p. 45
The Corrupt Society - From Ancient Greece To Present-Day America (1975)

“Uncorrupted man, with God's blessing, advances across the fields of the universe as though he were walking down a country lane.”

The Romantic Agony, p. 157,
The Corrupt Society - From Ancient Greece To Present-Day America (1975)

“The corrupt man is nearly always rootless, deeply aware of his rootlessness.”

The Corrupt Individual, p. 63
The Corrupt Society - From Ancient Greece To Present-Day America (1975)

“Throughout the history of Christianity, there had been a core of belief that man was not doomed to be everlastingly corrupt.”

The Romantic Agony, p. 158
The Corrupt Society - From Ancient Greece To Present-Day America (1975)