In the past, men created witches; now they create mental patients.
—Thomas Szasz, 1970
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Nothing but a permanent body can check the imprudence of democracy.
—Alexander Hamilton, 1787He who travels by sea is nothing but a worm on a piece of wood, a trifle in the midst of a powerful creation. The waters play about with him at will, and no one but God can help him.
—Muhammad as-Saffar, 1846Conservation is not merely a thing to be enshrined in outdoor museums, but a way of living on land.
—Aldo Leopold, 1933If you wish to avoid foreign collision, you had better abandon the ocean.
—Henry Clay, 1812One who is frivolous all day will never establish a household.
—Ptahhotep, c. 2400 BC