Revolution can never be forecast; it cannot be foretold; it comes of itself. Revolution is brewing and is bound to flare up.
—Vladimir Lenin, 1918
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Civilization, a much-abused word, stands for a high matter quite apart from telephones and electric lights.
—Edith Hamilton, 1930The beginning of health lies in knowing the disease.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1615Your worst enemy cannot harm you as much as your own thoughts, unguarded.
—The Dhammapada, c. 400 BCThink rich. Look poor.
—Andy Warhol, 1975In settling an island, the first building erected by a Spaniard will be a church, by a Frenchman a fort, by a Dutchman a warehouse, and by an Englishman an alehouse.
—Francis Grose, 1787When 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. 1955Water has many ways of reminding us that when we are in it we are out of our element.
—Christopher Hitchens, 2008Madness need not be all breakdown. It may also be breakthrough.
—R.D. Laing, 1967Resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple.
—Book of Job, c. 600 BCAll our enemies are mortal.
—Paul Valéry, 1942Speak without regard for the consequences, and it is too late for silence when disaster strikes.
—Huan Kuan, 81 BCA joke is at most a temporary rebellion against virtue, and its aim is not to degrade the human being but to remind him that he is already degraded.
—George Orwell, 1945