“Do intellect and morality count for nothing in the way the future unfolds? [... ] Greed is our king, and corruption is his servant.”
Source: The Rahotep series, Book 3: Egypt: The Book of Chaos (2011), Ch. 2
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Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018) American writer
“In our minds, lad. In our minds. The traitor, the self; the self that cries I want to live; let the world burn so long as I can live! The little traitor soul in us, in the dark, like the worm in the apple.”
Source: Earthsea Books, The Farthest Shore (1972), Chapter 9, "Orm Embar" (Arren and Ged)
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Source: Earthsea Books, The Farthest Shore (1972), Chapter 9, "Orm Embar" (Arren and Ged)
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The Good Sea-Captain.
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Pochi servidori si trovano che per danari non si corrompano.
Act II — (Vergilio).
Translation reported in Harbottle's Dictionary of quotations French and Italian (1904), p. 394.
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