Thou art not to learn the humors and tricks of that old bald cheater, time.
—Ben Jonson, 1601
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All of life is a foreign country.
—Jack Kerouac, 1949Democracy means simply the bludgeoning of the people by the people for the people.
—Oscar Wilde, 1891Do you suppose that will change the sense of the morals, the fact that we can’t use morals as a means of judging the city because we couldn’t stand it? And that we’re changing our whole moral system to suit the fact that we’re living in a ridiculous way?
—Philip Johnson, 1965Whoever expects to walk peacefully in the world must be money’s guest.
—Norman O. Brown, 1959Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1755I was born without knowing why, I have lived without knowing why, and I am dying without either knowing why or how.
—Pierre Gassendi, 1655Men, my dear, are very queer animals—a mixture of horse nervousness, ass stubbornness, and camel malice.
—T. H. Huxley, 1895One of the animals which a generous and sociable man would soonest become is a dog. A dog can have a friend; he has affections and character; he can enjoy equally the field and the fireside; he dreams, he caresses, he propitiates; he offends and is pardoned; he stands by you in adversity; he is a good fellow.
—Leigh Hunt, 1834Style is the image of character.
—Edward Gibbon, c. 1789One is never as unhappy as one thinks, nor as happy as one hopes.
—La Rochefoucauld, 1664Secrecy lies at the very core of power.
—Elias Canetti, 1960Intolerance is evidence of impotence.
—Aleister Crowley, c. 1925