#expense

Slavery is the first step towards civilization. In order to develop it is necessary that things should be much better for some and much worse for others, then those who are better off can develop at the expense of others. ↗

— Alexander Herzen

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War grows out of the desire of the individual to gain advantage at the expense of his fellow man. ↗

— Napoleon Hill

#advantage #desire #expense #fellow #fellow man

Learning to dislike children at an early age saves a lot of expense and aggravation later in life. ↗

— Robert Byrne

#aggravation #children #dislike #early #early age

In law, nothing is certain but the expense. ↗

— Samuel Butler

#certain #expense #law #nothing

Sex: the pleasure is momentary, the position ridiculous, and the expense damnable. ↗

— Lord Chesterfield

#momentary #pleasure #position #ridiculous #sex

Beware of little expenses. A small leak will sink a great ship. ↗

— Benjamin Franklin

#expenses #great #leak #little #ship

Be advised that all flatterers live at the expense of those who listen to them. ↗

— Jean de La Fontaine

#expense #flatterers #listen #live #them

In fact, this is a blackmail of the terrorists at the expense of the suffering of the hostages. ↗

— Alberto Fujimori

#fact #hostages #in fact #suffering #terrorists

In Bengal, Hindus are known to crack jokes at the expense of their gods and goddesses and that's what I did. ↗

— Sunil Gangopadhyay

#did #expense #goddesses #gods #hindus

Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey 'people.' People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest. ↗

— C. S. Lewis

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