Brains are the only things worth having in this world.
—L. Frank Baum, 1899
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Every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the king’s horses.
—Gnomologia, 1732Democracy forever teases us with the contrast between its ideals and its realities, between its heroic possibilities and its sorry achievements.
—Agnes Repplier, 1916I ride rough waters and shall sink with no one to save me.
—Virginia Woolf, 1931We are to go to law never to revenge, but only to repair.
—Samuel Pepys, 1661Hoping for new friendship from old enemies is / Like expecting to find a rose in a furnace.
—Muhammad Baqir Najm-i Sani, 1612Petty laws breed great crimes.
—Ouida, 1880A fool’s brain digests philosophy into folly, science into superstition, and art into pedantry. Hence university education.
—George Bernard Shaw, 1903Let me recommend the best medicine in the world: a long journey, at a mild season, through a pleasant country, in easy stages.
—James Madison, 1794To need to dominate others is to need others. The commander is dependent.
—Fernando Pessoa, c. 1935The people are the foundation of the state. If the foundations are firm, the state will be tranquil.
—Classic of History, c. 400 BCA man who exposes himself when he is intoxicated has not the art of getting drunk.
—Samuel Johnson, 1779At the start there’s always energy.
—Suzan-Lori Parks, 2006