Book: The man who laughs. Page 5

Ursus gave the Homo of their talents have taught him to stand on his hind legs, to moderate his anger, replacing it with a frown, to make the deaf growl instead of howling, etc. Wolf, for his part, gave the man part of the wolf's knowledge, teaching him to do without shelter, without bread, without fire, and to prefer hunger in the woods to slavery in a Palace.

The rulers have no power over the people who laugh at them.

- Who am I? I - poverty. My lords, you must listen to me.
A shiver swept the audience. Silence.
Gwynplaine continued.
My lords, you will be on the top. Great. We have to assume that God has his reasons. In your hands the power and wealth, all the pleasures of life, for you the sun always shines, you enjoy unlimited authority, absolute happiness, and you forget about all the other people. So be it. But under you, and maybe you have someone else. My lords, I come to tell you news: in the light of the human race exists.
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- I came up from the bottom. My lords, you are noble and wealthy. Here lies the danger. You use cover you with darkness. But beware, there is a great power, the dawn. Dawn invincible. It will come. She is already engaged. She carries the flow of irresistible light. And who will prevent this slingshot to toss the sun in the sky? The sun is justice. You captured their hands on all the benefits. Fear! A true master will soon be knocking on the door. Who creates the privilege? Case. And what give rise to the privilege? Abuse. However, neither the one nor the other is not durable. The future promises you trouble. I came to warn you. I came to expose your happiness. It is built on the misfortune of people. You have all, but only because marginalized others. My lords, I am the lawyer defending a lost cause. However, God will restore broken justice. I myself am nothing, I am only a voice. The human race lips, and I cry. You will hear me. Before you, peers of England, I accept the great court of the people - that the Lord, subjected to torture, the Supreme judge, who plunged into the situation of a convicted person...

Life dark wall surrounded it on all sides. If he could get away from everything, he would have done so.

Not every fire is light. Because light is the truth, and the fire can be treacherous. Do you think that it illuminates and it burns.

Anaxagoras taught that the snow is black. He was right: it's black. Ice is night.

Life is just a long chain of losses our favorite creatures. Go and leave behind him a string of sorrows. Rock to stun the man, showering him with a hail of unbearable suffering. How then to be surprised that old people always say the same thing? They get stupid from despair.

In life there are cases where the most astute mind can compare with the sense of a devotee of the animal. Animal like has the gift of clairvoyance.

Who did not happen to be with a free mind, but to feel that he connected the wings!

Suffering is questioning. None of the judges questioned us so inquisitive as questioning our own conscience.

Being on the top of the mountain, we peered into the abyss.
Falling into the abyss, to contemplate the sky.
And say to ourselves, "That's where I was."

There is such a degree of fear, when the man himself is terrible. Who is afraid of everything, he is not afraid of anything. At such moments, we are able to kick even the Sphinx.

If you think about it properly, it appears that the injury and disgrace carried with arrogant indifference, not only not detract from greatness, but even support and emphasize it.

Aversion to scandal - an essential feature of any important person.