The less intelligent the white man is, the more stupid he thinks the black.
—André Gide, 1927
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Some are born to sweet delight,
Some are born to endless night.
I am always sorry when any language is lost, because languages are the pedigrees of nations.
—Samuel Johnson, 1773Resorting to the law to resolve a dispute is a declaration of spiritual bankruptcy.
—Quentin Crisp, 1984By nature, men are nearly alike; by practice, they get to be wide apart.
—Confucius, c. 500 BCI was born without knowing why, I have lived without knowing why, and I am dying without either knowing why or how.
—Pierre Gassendi, 1655An oppressed people are authorized, whenever they can, to rise and break their fetters.
—Henry Clay, 1842Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.
—George W. Bush, 2004The more laws, the more lawbreakers.
—Tao Te Ching, c. 500 BCThere are many civil questions that arise between individuals in which it is not so important the controversy be settled one way or another as that it be settled.
—William Howard Taft, 1921There is a kind of revolution of so general a character that it changes the mental tastes as well as the fortunes of the world.
—La Rochefoucauld, 1665Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1755The more religious a country is, the more crimes are committed in it.
—Napoleon Bonaparte, 1817