It is permitted to learn even from an enemy.
—Ovid, c. 8
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He who has nothing has no friends.
—Greek proverbThe law makes ten criminals where it restrains one.
—Voltairine de Cleyre, 1890Water, thou hast no taste, no color, no odor; canst not be defined, art relished while ever mysterious.
—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 1939I prefer liberty with unquiet to slavery with quiet.
—Sallust, c. 35 BCOnly the little people pay taxes.
—Leona Helmsley, 1989A maid that laughs is half taken.
—John Ray, 1670Diseases, at least many of them, are like human beings. They are born, they flourish, and they die.
—David Riesman, 1937In revolutions men fall and rise. Long before this war is over, much as you hear me praised now, you may hear me cursed and insulted.
—William Tecumseh Sherman, 1864I don’t try to describe the future. I try to prevent it.
—Ray Bradbury, 1992Keep no company with those whose position is high but whose morals are low.
—Ge Hong, c. 320Nothing is more narrow-minded than chauvinism or racial hatred. To me all men are equal; there are flatheads everywhere and I despise them all equally.
—Karl Kraus, 1909I am an old scholar, better-looking now than when I was young. That’s what sitting on your ass does to your face.
—Leonard Cohen, 1970