I’ve never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It’s probably because they have forgotten their own.
—Margaret Atwood, 1976
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That which the sober man keeps in his breast, the drunken man lets out at the lips. Astute people, when they want to ascertain a man’s true character, make him drunk.
—Martin Luther, 1569There is a sickness among tyrants: they cannot trust their friends.
—Aeschylus, c. 458 BCIs all our fire of shipwreck wood?
—Robert Browning, 1862The workers are the saviors of society, the redeemers of the race.
—Eugene V. Debs, 1905The life of spies is to know, not be known.
—George Herbert, c. 1621The path of social advancement is, and must be, strewn with broken friendships.
—H.G. Wells, 1905A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast.
—The BibleWhat harm is there in getting knowledge and learning, were it from a sot, a pot, a fool, a winter mitten, or an old slipper?
—François Rabelais, 1533It’s good to remember that in crises, natural crises, human beings forget for a while their ignorances, their biases, their prejudices. For a little while, neighbors help neighbors and strangers help strangers.
—Maya Angelou, 2011If you must take care that your opinions do not differ in the least from those of the person with whom you are talking, you might just as well be alone.
—Yoshida Kenko, c. 1330Slang is as old as speech and the congregating together of people in cities. It is the result of crowding and excitement and artificial life.
—John Camden Hotten, 1859God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant, and the cat. He has no real style. He just goes on trying other things.
—Pablo Picasso, 1964