“One hand washes the other.(Manus Manum Lavat)”
“Iniquum est collapsis manum non porrigere: commune hoc ius generis humani est"(It is wrong not to stretch out your hand to the fallen: that is a common law of the human race)”
“He was doing Tony’s dirty work, in a way—like Tony had done his in New York. One hand washing the other, neither of them getting clean.”
“Washing one's hands of the conflict between the powerful and the powerless means to side with the powerful, not to be neutral. ”
“Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood clean from my hand? No, this my hand will rather the multitudinous seas incarnadine, making the green one red.”
“I know great art when someone doesn’t wash their hands after making it. And not only did Duchamp not wash his hands, but he didn’t even flush!”