Every man must descend into the flesh to meet mankind.
—G.K. Chesterton, 1910
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The spirit of revolution, the spirit of insurrection, is a spirit radically opposed to liberty.
—François Guizot, 1830All things are filled full of signs, and it is a wise man who can learn about one thing from another.
—Plotinus, c. 255Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men, but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.
—Joseph Addison, 1711If parents would only realize how they bore their children!
—George Bernard Shaw, c. 1910It’s only the futility of the first flood that prevents God from sending a second.
—Sébastien-Roch Nicolas Chamfort, c. 1794The fact is certain because it is impossible.
—Tertullian, c. 200The self is like an infant: given free rein, it craves to suckle.
—al-Busiri, c. 1250More pernicious nonsense was never devised by man than treaties of commerce.
—Benjamin Disraeli, 1880Iron may break gold, but water remains whole.
—Ge Hong, c. 300Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
—Ludwig Wittgenstein, 1921I was born without knowing why, I have lived without knowing why, and I am dying without either knowing why or how.
—Pierre Gassendi, 1655Knowledge is an ancient error reflecting on its youth.
—Francis Picabia, 1949