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—Czech slogan, 1989
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In a true democracy, everyone can be upper-class and live in Connecticut.
—Lisa Birnbach, 1980Every fool becomes a philosopher after ten days of rain.
—Clover Adams, 1882Familiarity breeds contempt—and children.
—Mark Twain, c. 1900Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve and from which he cannot escape.
—Erich Fromm, 1947Secrets are rarely betrayed or discovered according to any program our fear has sketched out.
—George Eliot, 1860They say that gifts persuade even the gods.
—Euripides, 431 BCA person who sees only fashion in fashion is a fool.
—Honoré de Balzac, 1830We die of comfort and by conflict live.
—May Sarton, 1953Freedom of the press is only guaranteed to those who own one.
—A.J. Liebling, 1960The true art of memory is the art of attention.
—Samuel Johnson, 1759Far water cannot quench near fire.
—Japanese proverbI shall soon be six-and-twenty. Is there anything in the future that can possibly console us for not being always twenty-five?
—Lord Byron, 1813