You must kill the spider to get rid of the cobweb.

You must kill the spider to get rid of the cobweb.

I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.

I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure.

Nobody ever invented a polite word for a killing yet.

Nobody ever invented a polite word for a killing yet.

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow read more

Wild animals never kill for sport. Man is the only one to whom the torture and death of his fellow creatures is amusing in itself.

. . . congenital killers and criminals are possessed of not one but two Y chromosomes, bearing a double dose, read more

. . . congenital killers and criminals are possessed of not one but two Y chromosomes, bearing a double dose, as it were, of genetically undesirable maleness.

If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of read more

If people bring so much courage to this world the world has to kill them to break them, so of course it kills them. The world breaks every one and afterward many are strong at the broken places. But those that will not break it kills. It kills the very good, and the very gentle, and the very brave impartially. If you are none of these you can be sure it will kill you too, but there will be no special hurry.

Men love their ideas more than their lives. And the more preposterous the idea, the more eager they are to read more

Men love their ideas more than their lives. And the more preposterous the idea, the more eager they are to die for it. And to kill for it.

The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on.

The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on.

I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.

I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill.