Men do not have to cook their food; they do so for symbolic reasons to show they are men and not beasts.

Quote by Edmund Leach

Topics: Edmund Leach Quotes

The violence in the world comes about because we human beings are forever creating barriers...

The violence in the world comes about because we human beings are forever creating barriers...

Far from being the basis of the good society, the family, with its narrow privacy...

Far from being the basis of the good society, the family, with its narrow privacy...

In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence.

In the bottle discontent seeks for comfort, cowardice for courage, and bashfulness for confidence.

Betrayal is the harshest pain. Trust is lost, will we ever feel the same? Forever...

Betrayal is the harshest pain. Trust is lost, will we ever feel the same? Forever...

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly...

Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly...

Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these...

Be courageous. I have seen many depressions in business. Always America has emerged from these...

Wealth and poverty: the one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other...

Wealth and poverty: the one is the parent of luxury and indolence, and the other...

They want you to come to their self pity party, so they broadcast their discontent...

They want you to come to their self pity party, so they broadcast their discontent...

Discontent is the source of all trouble, but also of all progress, in individuals and...

Discontent is the source of all trouble, but also of all progress, in individuals and...

Discontent is the seed of ethics

Discontent is the seed of ethics

Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.

Restlessness and discontent are the first necessities of progress.

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.

Many openly show discontentment with their looks, but few with their intelligence. I, however, assure...

Many openly show discontentment with their looks, but few with their intelligence. I, however, assure...

To give vent now and then to his feelings, whether of pleasure or discontent, is...

To give vent now and then to his feelings, whether of pleasure or discontent, is...

Discontent is want of self-reliance; it is infirmity of will

Discontent is want of self-reliance; it is infirmity of will

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation

Discontent is the first step in the progress of a man or a nation

Everything becomes so problematic because of basic faults: from a discontent with myself.

Everything becomes so problematic because of basic faults: from a discontent with myself.

Religion promotes the divine discontent within oneself, so that one tries to make oneself a...

Religion promotes the divine discontent within oneself, so that one tries to make oneself a...