A righteous man regardeth the life of his beast.
—The Bible
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If a man will observe as he walks the streets, I believe he will find the merriest countenances in mourning coaches.
—Jonathan Swift, 1706He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.
—Francis Bacon, 1625Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in the grave.
—Thomas Browne, 1658When the missionaries first came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said, “Let us pray.” We closed our eyes. When we opened them, we had the Bible and they had the land.
—Desmond Tutu, 1984We and the dead ride quick at night.
—Gottfried August Bürger, 1773The universe is an object of thought at least as much as it is a means of satisfying needs.
—Claude Lévi-Strauss, 1962Society as a whole must be converted into a gigantic school.
—Che Guevara, 1965Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.
—Oscar Wilde, 1893I detest war. It spoils armies.
—Grand Duke Constantine of Russia, c. 1820It is a certain sign of a wise government and proceeding, when it can hold men’s hearts by hopes, when it cannot by satisfaction.
—Francis Bacon, 1625Give us the luxuries of life, and we will dispense with the necessities.
—John Lothrop Motley, 1858Friendship was given by nature to be an assistant to virtue, not a companion to vice.
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, c. 45 BC