Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It’s what separates us from the animals—except the weasel.
—The Simpsons, 1993
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Imagine a number of men in chains, all under sentence of death, some of whom are each day butchered in the sight of the others; those remaining see their own condition in that of their fellows and, looking at each other with grief and despair, await their turn. This is an image of the human condition.
—Blaise Pascal, 1669As man disappears from sight, the land remains.
—Maori proverbThe true mission of American sports is to prepare young men for war.
—Dwight D. Eisenhower, c. 1952It hurts to watch the fluency of a body acclimated to its shackling.
—Leslie Jamison, 2014Memories are hunting horns
whose noise dies away in the wind.
I have loved war too well.
—Louis XIV, 1715One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
—André Gide, 1926Art imitates nature as well as it can, as a pupil follows his master; thus it is a sort of grandchild of God.
—Dante, c. 1315In the Middle Ages people were tourists because of their religion, whereas now they are tourists because tourism is their religion.
—Robert Runcie, 1988There is a time to battle against nature, and a time to obey her. True wisdom lies in making the right choice.
—Arthur C. Clarke, 1979We should look for someone to eat and drink with before looking for something to eat and drink, for dining alone is leading the life of a lion or wolf.
—Epicurus, c. 300 BCMany need no other provocation to enmity than that they find themselves excelled.
—Samuel Johnson, 1751