Insects sting, not out of malice, but because they too want to live: likewise our critics; they want, not to hurt us, but to take our blood.


Human All Too Human (1879) 'Mixed Opinions and Maxims' no. 164


Insects sting, not out of malice, but because they too want to live: likewise our critics; they want, not to hurt us, but to take our blood.

Insects sting, not out of malice, but because they too want to live: likewise our critics; they want, not to hurt us, but to take our blood.

Insects sting, not out of malice, but because they too want to live: likewise our critics; they want, not to hurt us, but to take our blood.

Insects sting, not out of malice, but because they too want to live: likewise our critics; they want, not to hurt us, but to take our blood.