Disease generally begins that equality which death completes.
—Samuel Johnson, 1750
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I have been ever of the opinion that revolutions are not to be evaded.
—Benjamin Disraeli, 1844The unknown is the largest need of the intellect.
—Emily Dickinson, 1876The young always have the same problem—how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their elders and copying one another.
—Quentin Crisp, 1968Who draws his sword against his prince must throw away the scabbard.
—James Howell, 1659Doing research on the web is like using a library assembled piecemeal by pack rats and vandalized nightly.
—Roger Ebert, 1998The past is always tense and the future, perfect.
—Zadie Smith, 2000Politics is the art of the possible.
—Otto von Bismarck, 1867Strength of mind is exercise, not rest.
—Alexander Pope, 1733Good or ill fortune is very little at our disposal.
—David Hume, 1742When they shout “Long live progress,” always ask, “Progress of what?”
—Stanisław Jerzy Lec, 1957The character which results from wealth is that of a prosperous fool.
—Aristotle, c. 322 BCEvery man is worth just so much as the things he busies himself with.
—Marcus Aurelius, c. 175