There is much difference between imitating a good man, and counterfeiting him.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1738
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The Mughal’s nature is such that they demand miracles, but if a miracle were to be performed by some upright follower of our religion, they would say that it had been brought about by magic and sorcery. They would strike him down with spears or would stone him to death.
—Fr. Antonio Monserrate, 1590Make human nature your study wherever you reside—whatever the religion or the complexion, study their hearts.
—Ignatius Sancho, 1778It is strange indeed that the more we learn about how to build health, the less healthy Americans become.
—Adelle Davis, 1951Better a thousand enemies outside the house than one inside.
—Arabic proverbIt would seem that in history it’s never a tooth for a tooth, but a thousand, a hundred thousand for one.
—Sybille Bedford, 1963Credulity forges more miracles than trickery could invent.
—Joseph Joubert, 1811The deed is everything, the glory naught.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1832Honesty, for me, is usually the worst policy imaginable.
—Patricia Highsmith, 1960Peace is a natural effect of trade.
—Montesquieu, 1748One’s friends are divided into two classes, those one knows because one must and those one knows because one mustn’t.
—Sybil Taylor, 1922Power is so apt to be insolent, and Liberty to be saucy, that they are very seldom upon good terms.
—George Savile, c. 1690Fear is a poor guarantor of a long life.
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 44