They say that gifts persuade even the gods.
—Euripides, 431 BC
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As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
—Abraham Lincoln, c. 1858I count myself in nothing else so happy / As in a soul remembering my good friends.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1595The peasants alone are revolutionary, for they have nothing to lose and everything to gain. The starving peasant, outside the class system, is the first among the exploited to discover that only violence pays. For him there is no compromise, no possible coming to terms.
—Frantz Fanon, 1961Nothing tastes as good as skinny feels.
—Kate Moss, 2009One of the most time-consuming things is to have an enemy.
—E.B. White, 1977It’s frightening to think that you mark your children merely by being yourself… it seems unfair. You can’t assume the responsibility for everything you do—or don’t do.
—Simone de Beauvoir, 1966Man has here two and a half minutes—one to smile, one to sigh, and half a one to love; for in the midst of this minute he dies.
—Jean Paul, 1795Every man has a lurking wish to appear considerable in his native place.
—Samuel Johnson, 1771There are places one comes home to that one has never been to.
—Barbara Grizzuti Harrison, 1989We must confess that at present the rich predominate, but the future will be for the virtuous and ingenious.
—Jean de La Bruyère, 1688Every man is worth just so much as the things he busies himself with.
—Marcus Aurelius, c. 175What one knows is, in youth, of little moment; they know enough who know how to learn.
—Henry Adams, 1907