Education is a weapon whose effects depend on who holds it in his hands and at whom it is aimed.
—Joseph Stalin, 1934
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Do that which consists in taking no action, and order will prevail.
—Laozi, c. 500 BCPunishment is a sort of medicine.
—Aristotle, c. 340 BCAh! Freedom is a noble thing!
—John Barbour, 1375A sick child is always the mother’s property; her own feelings generally make it so.
—Jane Austen, 1816I have never felt salvation in nature. I love cities above all.
—Michelangelo Antonioni, 1967When poets don’t know what to say and have completely given up on the play, just like a finger, they lift the machine and the spectators are satisfied.
—Antiphanes, c. 350 BCOut of the crooked timber of humanity no straight thing was ever made.
—Immanuel Kant, 1784Children are all foreigners. We treat them as such.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1839From a man’s face, I can read his character. If I can see him walk, I know his thoughts.
—Gaius Petronius Arbiter, c. 60That which is evil is soon learned.
—John Ray, 1670As man disappears from sight, the land remains.
—Maori proverbShow me someone who never gossips, and I’ll show you someone who isn’t interested in people.
—Barbara Walters, 1975