He who knows how to be content will be content with little.
A meek fellow ... is a real godsend in any gang.
The belly is an ungrateful wretch, it never remembers past favors, it always wants more tomorrow.
It's not the sea that drowns you-it's the puddle.
To reject this inhuman Communist ideology is simply to be a human being. Such a rejection is more than a political act. It is a protest of our souls against those who would have us forget the concepts of good and evil.
How quickly a zek (a prisoner) gets cheeky-or, putting it in literary language, how quickly a man's requirements grow.