There is no work of human hands which time does not wear away and reduce to dust.
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 46 BC
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Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes and pompous in the grave.
—Thomas Browne, 1658This is Year Zero.
—Pol Pot, 1975Pride and excess bring disaster for man.
—Xunzi, 250 BCThe first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.
—Dean Acheson, 1970The main object of a revolution is the liberation of man, not the interpretation and application of some transcendental ideology.
—Jean Genet, 1983When you name yourself, you always name another.
—Bertolt Brecht, 1926The body says what words cannot.
—Martha Graham, 1985Liberty and democracy are eternal enemies.
—H.L. Mencken, 1925I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast, for I intend to go in harm’s way.
—John Paul Jones, 1778Nothing is hidden from the eyes of the observing world.
—Aleksandr Pushkin, 1837Everyone knows about everybody in Hollywood—who sleeps with whom, who doesn’t sleep, who does it standing on his head or in the dentist’s chair.
—Rock Hudson, 1982Without music life would be a mistake.
—Friedrich Nietzsche, 1889