The things of the night cannot be explained in the day, because they do not then exist.
—Ernest Hemingway, 1929
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Freedom is about the willingness of every single human being to cede to lawful authority a great deal of discretion about what you do.
—Rudy Giuliani, 1999There’s hope a great man’s memory may outlive his life half a year.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1600Think rich. Look poor.
—Andy Warhol, 1975Fortune resists half-hearted prayers.
—Ovid, 8Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be breakthrough.
—R.D. Laing, 1967Let my epitaph be, “Here lies Joseph, who failed in everything he undertook.”
—Holy Roman Emperor Joseph II, 1790God is alive. Magic is afoot.
—Leonard Cohen, 1966The more corrupt the state, the more numerous its laws.
—Tacitus, c. 110To outwit an enemy is not only just and glorious but profitable and sweet.
—Plutarch, c. 100I am not Athenian or Greek but a citizen of the world.
—Socrates, c. 420 BCWe die of comfort and by conflict live.
—May Sarton, 1953Some folks want their luck buttered.
—Thomas Hardy, 1886