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—François Rabelais, 1535
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It is impossible to please all the world and one’s father.
—Jean de La Fontaine, 1668Friendship! Sir, there can be no such thing without an equality.
—George Farquhar, 1702When 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. 1955Those who give the first shock to a state are the first overwhelmed in its ruin; the fruits of public commotion are seldom enjoyed by him who was the first mover; he only beats the water for another’s net.
—Michel de Montaigne, 1580The soul of a journey is liberty, perfect liberty, to think, feel, do just as one pleases. We go on a journey chiefly to be free of all impediments and of all inconveniences—to leave ourselves behind, much more to get rid of others.
—William Hazlitt, 1822Journalists belong in the gutter, because that is where the ruling classes throw their guilty secrets.
—Gerald Priestland, 1988We need strength, we need energy, we need quickness, and we need brain in this country to turn it around.
—Donald Trump, 2015Why listen to me? I can only predict epidemics and plagues.
—Larry Kramer, 1992Speech is the mirror of the soul; as a man speaks, so is he.
—Publilius Syrus, c. 50 BCAnyone who in discussion quotes authority uses his memory rather than his intellect.
—Leonardo da Vinci, c. 1500There is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship.
—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, 1943I learned to make my mind large, as the universe is large, so that there is room for paradoxes.
—Maxine Hong Kingston, 1976