The country only has charms for those not obliged to stay there.
—Édouard Manet, c. 1860
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He who laugheth too much, hath the nature of a fool; he that laugheth not at all, hath the nature of an old cat.
—Thomas Fuller, 1732The sadness of the end of a career of an older athlete, with the betrayal of his body, is mirrored in the rest of us. Consciously or not, we know: there, soon, go I.
—Ira Berkow, 1987That is happiness: to be dissolved into something complete and great.
—Willa Cather, 1918Vox populi, vox humbug.
—William Tecumseh Sherman, 1863Curses are like young chickens, they always come home to roost.
—Robert Southey, 1809Freedom is always and exclusively freedom for the one who thinks differently.
—Rosa Luxemburg, 1918When the abbot throws the dice, the whole convent will play.
—Martin Luther, c. 1540If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.
—Voltaire, 1764What is death? A scary mask. Take it off—see, it doesn’t bite.
—Epictetus, c. 110A multitude of small delights constitute happiness.
—Charles Baudelaire, 1897The earth is beautiful and bright and kindly, but that is not all. The earth is also terrible and dark and cruel.
—Ursula K. Le Guin, 1970The law is established from above but becomes custom below.
—Su Zhe, c. 1100