Logo
Quote by Georges Bataille
Crime is a fact of the human species, a fact of that species alone

Crime is a fact of the human species, a fact of that species alone, but it is above all the secret aspect, impenetrable and hidden. Crime hides, and by far the most terrifying things are those which elude us. – Georges Bataille

Other quotes by Georges Bataille

The anguish of the neurotic individual is the same as that of the saint. The neurotic, the saint are engaged in the same battle. Their blood flows from similar wounds. But the first one gasps and the other one gives. – Georges Bataille

Category:
Mental Illness
Author
Georges Bataille
Read Quote

Sanity is the lot of those who are most obtuse, for lucidity destroys ones equilibrium: it is unhealthy to honestly endure the labors of the mind which incessantly contradict what they have just established. – Georges Bataille

Category:
Sanity
Author
Georges Bataille
Read Quote

Intellectual despair results in neither weakness nor dreams, but in violence. It is only a matter of knowing how to give vent to ones rage whether one only wants to wander like madmen around prisons, or whether one wants to overturn them. – Georges Bataille

Category:
Dreams
Author
Georges Bataille
Read Quote
Other Quotes from
Crime
category

Every rascal is not a thief, but every thief is a rascal. – Aristotle

Category:
Crime

Locks keep out only the honest. – Yiddish Proverb

Category:
Crime

Stripped of ethical rationalizations and philosophical pretensions, a crime is anything that a group in power chooses to prohibit. – Freda Adler

Category:
Crime

My rackets are run on strictly American lines and theyre going to stay that way. – Al Capone

Category:
Crime

Random Quotes

There are amazing schools and amazing educators that are doing a wonderful job. And then there are a lot of educators that are not prepared to deal with inclusive education. They havent been trained. Its really quite lovely and easy when you understand how to do it. – Laura San Giacomo

Category:
amazing

Divorce: The past tense of marriage. – Author Unknown

Category:
Marriage

The time which we have at our disposal every day is elastic; the passions we feel expand it, those that we inspire contract it, and habit fills up what remains. – Marcel Proust

Category:
Relaxation

Another way to solve the traffic problems of this country is to pass a law that only paid-for cars be allowed to use the highways. – Will Rogers

Category:
Debt