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"We believe we are the consumers, but we are the consumed."

Bryant McGill, American Poet

Consumption, Truth, Regret, Wisdom, Power

"When life hasn't got a swing anymore, people may give in to obsessive oniomaniac compulsions, in as much as they are going out of their way to construct a flamboyant life style and change their identity from "don't-need to "must-have consumers, so as to satisfy their gripping buying desire. ['Buying now. Dying later']"

Erik Pevernagie, Belgian Author

Consumption, Consumer, Addiction, Identity, Desire

"Coffee is a beverage that puts one to sleep when not drank."

Alphonse Allais, French Writer

Consumption, Coffee, Sleep

"She swallowed his blood, a dark vintage from some forgotten cellar. She felt like Persephone in Hades, pomegranate seeds bursting against her teeth, juice rolling on her tongue, and the more she had, the more she hungered."

Holly Black, American Author

Consumption, Hunger, Myth, Desire, Darkness

"We are just statistics, born to consume resources."

Horace, Roman Poet

Consumption, Statistics

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"Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou knowest not."

Money

"The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor."

Success

"Live mindful of how brief your life is."

Life

"Lectio, quae placuit, decies repetita placebit. (What we read with pleasure we can read many times with pleasure.)"

Learning

"Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death."

Death

"The musician who always plays on the same string is laughed at."

Music

"Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?"

Soul

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Exlpore more Consumption quotes

"We believe we are the consumers, but we are the consumed."

"Coffee is a beverage that puts one to sleep when not drank."

"She swallowed his blood, a dark vintage from some forgotten cellar. She felt like Persephone in Hades, pomegranate seeds bursting against her teeth, juice rolling on her tongue, and the more she had, the more she hungered."

"We are just statistics, born to consume resources."

Explore more quotes by Horace

"Money is a handmaiden, if thou knowest how to use it; a mistress, if thou knowest not."

"The envious man grows lean at the success of his neighbor."

"Live mindful of how brief your life is."

"Lectio, quae placuit, decies repetita placebit. (What we read with pleasure we can read many times with pleasure.)"

"Seize the day, and put the least possible trust in tomorrow."

"Who then is free? The wise man who can command himself."

"Natales grate numeras?(Do you count your birthdays with gratitude?)"

"Few cross the river of time and are able to reach non-being. Most of them run up and down only on this side of the river. But those who when they know the law follow the path of the law, they shall reach the other shore and go beyond the realm of death."

"The musician who always plays on the same string is laughed at."

"Why do you hasten to remove anything which hurts your eye, while if something affects your soul you postpone the cure until next year?"