The main object of a revolution is the liberation of man, not the interpretation and application of some transcendental ideology.
—Jean Genet, 1983
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One of the animals which a generous and sociable man would soonest become is a dog. A dog can have a friend; he has affections and character; he can enjoy equally the field and the fireside; he dreams, he caresses, he propitiates; he offends and is pardoned; he stands by you in adversity; he is a good fellow.
—Leigh Hunt, 1834No city should be too large for a man to walk out of in a morning.
—Cyril Connolly, 1944The world is made of the very stuff of the body.
—Maurice Merleau-Ponty, 1961And what will history say of me a thousand years hence?
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 59 BCLet us have peace, but let us have liberty, law, and justice first.
—Frederick Douglass, 1878A friend who is very near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative.
—George Ade, 1902One who is frivolous all day will never establish a household.
—Ptahhotep, c. 2400 BCSuperstitions are habits rather than beliefs.
—Marlene Dietrich, 1962Secrets define us, they mark us, they set us apart from all the others. The secrets which we preserve provide a key to who we are, deep down.
—Nuruddin Farah, 1998My language is the common prostitute that I turn into a virgin.
—Karl Kraus, c. 1910Charity is murder and you know it.
—Dorothy Parker, 1956No one makes a revolution by himself, and there are some revolutions which humanity accomplishes without quite knowing how, because it is everybody who takes them in hand.
—George Sand, 1851