Music has charms to sooth a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak.

William Congreve
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  1. Human mind is the only real hope for the future of humanity! Have faith in human mind which is the only instrument who can protect you in this savage universe! - Mehmet Murat Ildan

  2. During a famine, the father and stepmother of Hansel and Gretel abandon them in a forest so that they will starve to death. The children stumble upon an edible house inhabited by a witch, who imprisons Hansel and fattens him up in preparation for eating... - Steven Pinker

  3. Death is number one on the list of things that we wish were possible to leave behind when we escaped barbarism. - Mokokoma Mokhonoana

  4. We human beings regard ourselves as (or compare ourselves to) animals only when it suits us. - Mokokoma Mokhonoana

  5. Any man who neglects his conscience is a dangerous animal. - Suzy Kassem

More Quotes By William Congreve
  1. You'll grow devilish fat upon this paper-diet!

  2. He who closes his ears to the views of others shows little confidence in the integrity of his own views.

  3. Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned.

  4. In hours of bliss we oft have met: They could not always last; And though the present I regret, I'm grateful for the past.

  5. Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.

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