God is a concept by which we measure our pain.
—John Lennon, 1970
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Humiliation is the beginning of sanctification.
—John Donne, c. 1629To be too conscious is an illness—a real thoroughgoing illness.
—Fyodor Dostoevsky, 1864To cast aside obedience, and by popular violence to incite revolt, is treason, not against man only, but against God.
—Pope Leo XIII, 1885When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other.
—Chinese proverbA friend in power is a friend lost.
—Henry Adams, 1905Some nights are like honey—and some like wine—and some like wormwood.
—L.M. Montgomery, 1927No time to marry, no time to settle down, I’m a young woman, and ain’t done runnin’ round.
—Bessie Smith, 1926Mother died today. Or maybe it was yesterday, I don’t know.
—Albert Camus, 1942What is popularly called fame is nothing but an empty name and a legacy from paganism.
—Erasmus, 1515The god of music dwelleth out of doors.
—Edith M. Thomas, 1887No lyric poems live long or please many people which are written by drinkers of water.
—Horace, 20 BCThe sea is mother-death, and she is a mighty female, the one who wins, the one who sucks us all up.
—Anne Sexton, 1971