I do love cricket—it’s so very English.
—Sarah Bernhardt, c. 1908
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Big head, little wit.
—French proverbHow can we bear misfortune most easily? If we see our enemies faring worse.
—Thales of Miletus, c. 585 BCIf you stain clear water with filth, you will never find a drink.
—Aeschylus, 458 BCLife’s no resting, but a moving.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, c. 1795Hate must make a man productive. Otherwise one might as well love.
—Karl Kraus, 1912Do what thou wilt shall be the whole of the law.
—Aleister Crowley, 1904Hoping for new friendship from old enemies is / Like expecting to find a rose in a furnace.
—Muhammad Baqir Najm-i Sani, 1612Happiness, whether in business or private life, leaves very little trace in history.
—Fernand Braudel, 1979The law is not the same at morning and at night.
—George Herbert, c. 1633It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it.
—Upton Sinclair, 1935Water has many ways of reminding us that when we are in it we are out of our element.
—Christopher Hitchens, 2008What keeps the democracy alive at all but the hatred of excellence, the desire of the base to see no head higher than their own?
—Mary Renault, 1956