The man in constant fear is every day condemned.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BC
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I’ve seen the future, brother; it is murder.
—Leonard Cohen, 1992In a true democracy, everyone can be upper-class and live in Connecticut.
—Lisa Birnbach, 1980Real friends offer both hard truths and soft landings.
—Anna Quindlen, 2012“I think, therefore I am” is the statement of an intellectual who underrates toothaches.
—Milan Kundera, 1990Pride and excess bring disaster for man.
—Xunzi, 250 BCI live by good soup, and not on fine language.
—Molière, 1672Corporations have neither bodies to be punished nor souls to be damned.
—Chinese proverbThe best augury of a man’s success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world.
—George Eliot, 1876Once something becomes discernible, or understandable, we no longer need to repeat it. We can destroy it.
—Robert Wilson, 1991No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes.
—Hannah Arendt, 1963Time’s violence rends the soul; by the rent eternity enters.
—Simone Weil, 1947Friend! It is a common word, often lightly used. Like other good and beautiful things, it may be tarnished by careless handling.
—Harriet Jacobs, 1861