If you steal, do not steal too much at a time. You may be arrested. Steal cleverly, little by little.
—Mobutu Sese Seko, 1991
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Those who trust to chance must abide by the results of chance.
—Calvin Coolidge, 1932’Tis a portentous sign / When a man sweats and at the same time shivers.
—Plautus, c. 180 BCJests and scoffs do lessen majesty and greatness and should be far from great personages and men of wisdom.
—Henry Peacham, 1622Nothing can cure the soul but the senses, just as nothing can cure the senses but the soul.
—Oscar Wilde, 1890All law is of necessity defective in the beginning.
—Han Yu, c. 800Shamelessness is the shame of being without shame.
—Mencius, c. 290 BCRivalry adds so much to the charms of one’s conquests.
—Louisa May Alcott, 1866It costs a lot of money to be rich.
—Peter Boyle, 2002Men willingly believe what they wish.
—Julius Caesar, c. 50 BCTo desire immortality for the individual is really the same as wanting to perpetuate an error forever.
—Arthur Schopenhauer, 1819One sees great things from the valley; only small things from the peak.
—G.K. Chesterton, 1911The surest guide to the correctness of the path that women take is joy in the struggle. Revolution is the festival of the oppressed.
—Germaine Greer, 1970