It is one thing to slander, another to accuse.
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 56 BC
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The only fence against the world is a thorough knowledge of it.
—John Locke, 1695To live outside the law, you must be honest.
—Bob Dylan, 1966A bad reputation is easy to come by, painful to bear, and difficult to clear.
—Hesiod, c. 700 BCThere comes a time in every rightly constructed boy’s life when he has a raging desire to go somewhere and dig for hidden treasure.
—Mark Twain, 1876Everything that has wings is beyond the reach of the law.
—Joseph Joubert, 1791On no other stage are the scenes shifted with a swiftness so like magic as on the great stage of history when once the hour strikes.
—Edward Bellamy, 1888Children and fools cannot lie.
—John Heywood, 1546What are men anyway but balloons on legs, a lot of blown-up bladders?
—Gaius Petronius Arbiter, c. 64Nobody, sir, dies willingly.
—Antiphanes, c. 370 BCSex is more exciting on the screen and between the pages than between the sheets.
—Andy Warhol, 1975Plagues are as certain as death and taxes.
—Richard Krause, 1982There are two times in a man’s life when he should not speculate: when he can’t afford it, and when he can.
—Mark Twain, 1897