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Half of the people lie with their lips; the other half with their tears
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women
politics
liars
preachers
sociopathology
sociopaths
narcissists
manipulation
narcissism
politicians
men-and-women
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Nassim Nicholas Taleb |
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"I remember clearly the deaths of three men. One was the richest man of the century, who, having clawed his way to wealth through the souls and bodies of men, spent many years trying to buy back the love he had forfeited and by that process performed great service to the world and, perhaps, had much more than balanced the evils of his rise. I was on a ship when he died. The news was posted on the bulletin board, and nearly everyone recieved the news with pleasure. Several said, "Thank God that son of a bitch is dead." Then there was a man, smart as Satan, who, lacking some perception of human dignity and knowing all too well every aspect of human weakness and wickedness, used his special knowledge to warp men, to buy men, to bribe and threaten and seduce until he found himself in a position of great power. He clothed his motives in the names of virtue, and I have wondered whether he ever knew that no gift will ever buy back a man's love when you have removed his self-love. A bribed man can only hate his briber. When this man died the nation rang with praise... There was a third man, who perhaps made many errors in performance but whose effective life was devoted to making men brave and dignified and good in a time when they were poor and frightened and when ugly forces were loose in the world to utilize their fears. This man was hated by few. When he died the people burst into tears in the streets and their minds wailed, "What can we do now?" How can we go on without him?" In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layers of frailty men want to be good and want to be loved. Indeed, most of their vices are attempted short cuts to love. When a man comes to die, mo matter what his talents and influence and genius, if he dies unloved his life must be a failure to him and his dying a cold horror....we should remember our dying and try so to live that our death brings no pleasure to the world."
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integrity
man
wealth
east-vs-west
lee-atwater
narcissism-epidemic
salvation-from-jesus
salvation-in-death
sin-and-salvation
sociopaths-and-psychopaths
the-wealthy
the-devil
sociopathy
sinners
the-rich
occupy-wall-street
sociopaths
wealth-and-virtues
steve-jobs
salvation
narcissism
sin
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John Steinbeck |
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"I shook my head. "I'm good, Nicky helped." Nicky looked at Edward. "She's having one of those what-if-killing-feels-really-good, doesn't-that-make-me-a-bad-person moments." Edward nodded as if that made perfect sense. "Then it feels good. We can't really control what flips our switch; don't judge it, Anita, and just accept it." I wanted to argue, but it would have been beyond stupid to argue with the two sociopaths in my life. "Why do I have moral quandary questions with the two of you?" "Because you don't really have moral quandaries about violence, Anita, but you're afraid of being judged for enjoying it, so you only bring it to the two people in your life who won't judge you." I wanted to argue with Edward, but I couldn't. "Well, fuck."
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violence
humor
enjoy-the-violence
killing-feels-good
sociopaths
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Laurell K. Hamilton |
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She's sociopathic. She will have no moral compunction in doing whatever is in her interests. It's as simple as that.
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sociopaths
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Alexander McCall Smith |
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Sociopaths are attracted to politics because the see it as a sphere in which you can be ruthless and step all over people. That fact that some politicians can tell such awful lies is another example of sociopathy. Sociopaths lie--they see nothing wrong with it.
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lies
politics
sociopathy
liars
sociopaths
politicians
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Alexander McCall Smith |