Harmeet Singh quotes

“They abandon the Ambrosial Nectar and turn to poison, they earn poison, and poison is their only wealth.”
-- Harmeet Singh

#Poison Quotes #Wealth Quotes #Nectar Quotes

“Mithridates, he died old. Housman's passage is based on the belief of the ancients that Mithridates the Great [c. 135-63 B.C.] had so saturated his body with poisons that none could injure him. When captured by the Romans he tried in vain to poison himself, then ordered a Gallic mercenary to kill him.”

“Universal education is the most corroding and disintegrating poison that liberalism has ever invented for its own destruction.”

“Everywhere the devil spits, poison ivy grows.”

“Power is a poison well known for thousands of years. If only no one were ever to acquire material power over others! But to the human being who has faith in some force that holds dominion over all of us, and who is therefore conscious of his own limitations, power is not necessarily fatal. For those, however, who are unaware of any higher sphere, it is a deadly poison. For them there is no antidote.”

“Worry is the stomach's worst poison.”

“There are poisons that blind you, and poisons that open your eyes.”

Source : August Strindberg (1983). “Strindberg, Five Plays”, p.296, Univ of California Press

“What is wealth? A dream of fools.”

Source : Abraham Cahan (2013). “The Rise of David Levinsky”, p.34, Courier Corporation

“What good is money if it can't buy happiness?”

“For a free country to continue thriving, there have to be regular reforms, because any society, any economy that stays in place, you're going to see repeated attempts to exploit the openings for twisting policy to the advantage of those who already have wealth and power.”

“Money is your friend. Your body is your friend. Life is your friend.”