- Ari Ziskind: A rich man opens the paper one day. He sees the world is full of misery. He says, "I have money. I can help." So he gives away all of his money. But it's not enough. The people are still suffering. One day, the man sees another article. He decides he was foolish to think just giving money was enough. So he goes to the doctor and says, "Doctor, I want to donate a kidney." The doctors do the surgery. It's a complete success. After, he knows he should feel good, but he doesn't, for people are still suffering. So he goes back to the doctor. He says, "Doctor, this time, I want to give it all." The doctor says, "What does that mean, 'give it all'?" He says, "This time, I want to donate my liver, but not just my liver. I want to donate my heart, but not just my heart. I want to donate my corneas, but not just my corneas. I want to give it all away. Everything I am. All that I have." The doctor says, "A kidney is one thing, but you can't give away your whole body piece by piece. That's suicide." And he sends the man home. But the man cannot live knowing that the people are suffering and he could help. So he gives the one thing he has left: his life.
- Gus Grimly: And does it work? Does it stop the suffering?
- Ari Ziskind: You live in the world. What do you think?
- Gus Grimly: So he killed himself for nothing?
- Ari Ziskind: Did he?
- Gus Grimly: Well, I mean...
- [sighs]
- Gus Grimly: You're saying... what are you saying?
- Ari Ziskind: Only a fool thinks he can solve the world's problems.
- Gus Grimly: Yeah, but you gotta try, don't you?
- Lorne Malvo: It was the Romans, wasn't it?
- Stavros Milos: What are you saying?
- Lorne Malvo: St. Lawrence, your window. Romans burned him alive.
- Stavros Milos: They did.
- Lorne Malvo: You know why?
- Stavros Milos: 'Cause he was Christian.
- Lorne Malvo: Maybe. But I think it was because the Romans were raised by wolves. The greatest empire in human history, founded by wolves. You know what wolves do? They hunt. They kill. It's why I never bought into "The Jungle Book". Boy is raised by wolves and becomes friends with a bear and panther. I don't think so. I knew a guy once, had a 110-pound Rottweiler, and one night this girl thought it would be funny to get down on all fours and let the dog hump her. Dog still had its balls. Well, the dog gets up there, but he's not in on the joke. This is just a bitch in heat, as far as he's concerned. He's not leaving 'till he gets what he came for. Well, the girl, too late, realizes the kind of mistake she's made. She wants to get up. But the dog had other ideas. Had to shoot it behind the ear to get it off of her.
- Stavros Milos: I don't, uh... I don't...
- Lorne Malvo: Well, I'm saying that the Romans, raised by wolves, they see a guy turning water into wine, what do they do? They eat him. 'Cause there are no saints in the animal kingdom. Only breakfast and dinner.
- Ari Ziskind: Only a fool thinks he can solve the world's problems.
- Gus Grimly: Yeah, but you gotta try, don't you?
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