Again, men in general desire the good, and not merely what their fathers had.
—Aristotle, c. 350 BC
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It’s good to remember that in crises, natural crises, human beings forget for a while their ignorances, their biases, their prejudices. For a little while, neighbors help neighbors and strangers help strangers.
—Maya Angelou, 2011I’m doomed to die, right? Why should I care if I go to Hades either with gout in my leg or a runner’s grace? Plenty of people will carry me there.
—Nicharchus, c. 90Almsgiving tends to perpetuate poverty; aid does away with it once and for all.
—Eva Perón, 1949When I do a show, the whole show revolves around me, and if I don’t show up, they can just forget it.
—Ethel Merman, c. 1955As he brews, so shall he drink.
—Ben Jonson, 1598I am no courtesan, nor moderator, nor tribune, nor defender of the people: I am myself the people.
—Maximilien Robespierre, 1792Happiness is no laughing matter.
—Richard Whately, 1843Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.
—Ulysses S. Grant, 1877Wants keep pace with wealth always.
—Timothy Titcomb, 1859These landscapes of water and reflection have become an obsession.
—Claude Monet, 1908Nature never jests.
—Albrecht von Haller, 1751In the society of men, the truth resides now less in what things are than in what they are not. Our social realities are so ugly if seen in the light of exiled truth, and beauty is almost no longer possible if it is not a lie.
—R.D. Laing, 1967