Whoever has come to know this world has found a corpse, and whoever has found the corpse, of him the world is not worthy.
Woe to you, citizens of Babylon, whose kings are crowned by fools! Woe to you, citizens of Babylon, whose lives are sacrificed to idols of mud! For Babylon does not live for her citizens, but her citizens for Babylon.
Is your life nothing but a gift to Ishtar?