Quote by John Lyly
The sun shineth upon the dunghill, and is not corrupted. - John Ly

The sun shineth upon the dunghill, and is not corrupted. – John Lyly

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Far more seemly were it for thee to have thy study full of books, than thy purse full of money. – John Lyly

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The USA has become government by the highest bidder because USA voters do not hold politicians accountable. – Don Mashak

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The goal of every culture is to decay through over-civilization; the factors of decadence, — luxury, skepticism, weariness and superstition, — are constant. The civilization of one epoch becomes the manure of the next. – Cyril Connolly

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Decadence is a difficult word to use since it has become little more than a term of abuse applied by critics to anything they do not yet understand or which seems to differ from their moral concepts. – Ernest Hemingway

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I have often noticed that a bribe has that effect — it changes a relation. The man who offers a bribe gives away a little of his own importance; the bribe once accepted, he becomes the inferior, like a man who has paid for a woman. – Graham Greene

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