Starvation, not sin, is the parent of modern crime. Oscar Wilde Crime, Hunger, Sin, Society You May Also Like A hungry man is not a free man. By Adlai Stevenson Freedom, Hunger A hungry people listens not to reason, nor cares for justice, nor is bent by any prayers. By Seneca the Younger Hunger, Justice Absolute truth is incompatible with an advanced state of society. By Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis Society, Truth No man can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach. By Woodrow Wilson God, Hunger, Love He who throws a bomb and kills a pedestrian, declares that as a victim of society he has rebelled against society. But could not the poor victim object: “Am I society?” By Enrico Malatesta Society, Terrorism If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. By John F. Kennedy Freedom, Poverty, Rich, Society You May Also Like from Oscar Wilde The truth is rarely pure, and never simple. By Oscar Wilde Opinion, Truth Duty is what one expects from others. By Oscar Wilde Duty To get back one’s youth one has merely to repeat one’s follies. By Oscar Wilde Mistakes, Youth Always forgive your enemies—nothing annoys them so much. By Oscar Wilde Enemies, Feel good, Forgiveness, Positive, Wise A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies. By Oscar Wilde Enemies When people agree with me, I always feel that I must be wrong. By Oscar Wilde Adversity, Agreement
A hungry people listens not to reason, nor cares for justice, nor is bent by any prayers. By Seneca the Younger Hunger, Justice
Absolute truth is incompatible with an advanced state of society. By Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis Society, Truth
He who throws a bomb and kills a pedestrian, declares that as a victim of society he has rebelled against society. But could not the poor victim object: “Am I society?” By Enrico Malatesta Society, Terrorism
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. By John F. Kennedy Freedom, Poverty, Rich, Society
Always forgive your enemies—nothing annoys them so much. By Oscar Wilde Enemies, Feel good, Forgiveness, Positive, Wise
