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Quote by Wilfred Bion

“The end of a dissolute life is a desperate death.”

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Wilfred Bion was a British psychoanalyst born on September 8, 1897, and died on August 28, 1979. He made significant contributions to the field of psychoanalysis, particularly in the areas of group dynamics and object relations theory. more

“Every living thing is a sort of imperialist, seeking to transform as much as possible of its environment into itself . . . When we compare the (present) human population of the globe with . . . that of former times, we see that "chemical imperialism" has been . . . the main end to which human intelligence has been devoted.”

Life Humans Has Beens Ends Environment Intelligence Population Seeking Former Compare Chemicals Devoted Globes Imperialism Living Things Human Intelligence Human Population

Author:Bertrand Russell

“Upon hearing via Littlewood an exposition on the theory of relativity: To think I have spent my life on absolute muck.”

Thinking Life Theory Absolutes Hearing Relativity Theories Of Relativity

Author:Bertrand Russell

“Those who in principle oppose birth control are either incapable of arithmetic or else in favour of war, pestilence and famine as permanent features of human life.”

Life Humans War Principles Birth Permanent Human Life Features Incapable Favour Famine Birth Control Arithmetic Pestilence

Book:Ladislas Reymont: Romain Rolland ; Bertrand Russell

Source: Ladislas Reymont: Romain Rolland ; Bertrand Russell

“The water of life was given to us to make us see for a while that we are more nearly men and women, more nearly kind and gentle and generous, pleasanter and stronger than without its vision there is any evidence we are.”

Men Life Kind Given Water Vision Evidence Men And Women Stronger Generosity Gentle Generous Water Of Life

Author:Bernard DeVoto

“You can no more keep a martini in the refrigerator than you can keep a kiss there. The proper union of gin and vermouth is a great and sudden glory; it is one of the happiest marriages on earth and one of the shortest-lived.”

Life Earth Kissing Glory Unions Refrigerators Gin Martini

Author:Bernard DeVoto

“New England is a finished place. Its destiny is that of Florence or Venice, not Milan while the American empire careens onward toward its unpredicted end. . . . It is the first American section to be finished to achieve stability in the conditions of its life. It is the first old civilization, the first permanent civilization in America.”

Life Firsts Ends America Destiny Achieve Conditions Civilization England Finished Permanent Empires Stability Sections Venice New England Florence Milan American Empire

Author:Bernard DeVoto

“If we don't watch out, the pleasure o be gained from the discriminating enjoyment of food will be lost. It may not be long before the art of fine cooking is viewed as the invention of a handful of snobs. . . . A whole aspect of living well, of civilization itself, is threatened with extinction.”

Ifs Life Wells May Long Art Whole Lost Pleasure Watches Fine Civilization Losing Aspect Cooking Invention Enjoyment Threatened Extinction Handful Live Well Snob

Author:Benoite Groult

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