He that commands the sea is at great liberty and may take as much and as little of the war as he will.
—Francis Bacon, c. 1600
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The history of the world is the record of the weakness, frailty, and death of public opinion.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1902Wants keep pace with wealth always.
—Timothy Titcomb, 1859The most radical revolutionary will become a conservative on the day after the revolution.
—Hannah Arendt, 1970If parents would only realize how they bore their children!
—George Bernard Shaw, c. 1910There is nothing worse for mortals than a wandering life.
—Homer, c. 750 BCThe children of the revolution are always ungrateful, and the revolution must be grateful that it is so.
—Ursula K. Le Guin, 1983Modern life is often a mechanical oppression, and liquor is the only mechanical relief.
—Ernest Hemingway, 1935Whenever there is excess, an ax remedies it.
—Sumerian proverbI used to think that everyone was just being funny. But now I don’t know. I mean, how can you tell?
—Andy Warhol, 1970I am no courtesan, nor moderator, nor tribune, nor defender of the people: I am myself the people.
—Maximilien Robespierre, 1792Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.
—George Bernard Shaw, 1903Can we not live without pleasure, who cannot but with pleasure die?
—Tertullian, c. 215