Traveling is like gambling: it is ever connected with winning and losing, and generally where least expected we receive more or less than we hoped for.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1797
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Some nights are like honey—and some like wine—and some like wormwood.
—L.M. Montgomery, 1927Any city, however small, is in fact divided into two, one the city of the poor, the other of the rich; these are at war with one another.
—Plato, c. 378 BCMoney is a language for translating the work of the farmer into the work of the barber, doctor, engineer, or plumber.
—Marshall McLuhan, 1964An American will build a house in which to pass his old age and sell it before the roof is on.
—Alexis de Tocqueville, 1840Mammon, n. The god of the world’s leading religion. His chief temple is in the holy city of New York.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1911God is really only another artist. He invented the giraffe, the elephant, and the cat. He has no real style. He just goes on trying other things.
—Pablo Picasso, 1964Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.
—Charles Dickens, 1843And to our age’s drowsy blood / Still shouts the inspiring sea.
—James Russell Lowell, 1848This is not a clash between civilizations. It is a clash about civilization.
—Tony Blair, 2006The friend of all humanity is no friend to me.
—Molière, 1666No woman needs intercourse; few women escape it.
—Andrea Dworkin, 1978It costs a lot to make a person look this cheap.
—Dolly Parton, 1994