A: "Do you believe that men have always massacred each other as they do today, that they have always been liars, cheats, traitors, ingrates, brigands, idiots, thieves, scoundrels, gluttons, drunkards, misers, envious, ambitious, bloody-minded, calumniators, debauchees, fanatics, hypocrites and fools?"
B: "Do you believe that hawks have always eaten pigeons when they have found them?"
A: "Yes, without doubt."
B: "Well, then, if hawks have always had the same character, why should you imagine that men may have changed theirs?"
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Plus: bonus points (not really) for knowing who wrote it, and when.
(Hint: he's my avatar)
2006-08-16
02:59:06
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