I cannot but bless the memory of Julius Caesar, for the great esteem he expressed for fat men and his aversion to lean ones.
—David Hume, 1751
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Why has the government been instituted at all? Because the passions of men will not conform to the dictates of reason and justice without constraint.
—Alexander Hamilton, 1787Show me someone who never gossips, and I’ll show you someone who isn’t interested in people.
—Barbara Walters, 1975To teach is to learn twice over.
—Joseph Joubert, c. 1805I count myself in nothing else so happy / As in a soul remembering my good friends.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1595Too many people have decided to do without generosity in order to practice charity.
—Albert Camus, 1956In dealing with the dead, if we treat them as if they were entirely dead, that would show a want of affection and should not be done; or, if we treat them as if they were entirely alive, that would show a want of wisdom and should not be done.
—Confucius, c. 500 BCDo not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.
—George Bernard Shaw, 1903Flesh was the reason why oil painting was invented.
—Willem de Kooning, 1949The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.
—Steve Biko, 1971Once something becomes discernible, or understandable, we no longer need to repeat it. We can destroy it.
—Robert Wilson, 1991Revolution begins in putting on bright colors.
—Tennessee Williams, 1944The newspaper is the natural enemy of the book, as the whore is of the decent woman.
—Edmond and Jules de Goncourt, 1858