By the blessing of the upright the city is exalted, but it is overthrown by the mouth of the wicked.
—Book of Proverbs, c. 350 BC
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Till taught by pain, / Men really know not what good water’s worth.
—Lord Byron, 1819Seize from every moment its unique novelty, and do not prepare your joys.
—André Gide, 1897As usual, what we call “progress” is the exchange of one nuisance for another nuisance.
—Havelock Ellis, 1914A difference of taste in jokes is a great strain on the affections.
—George Eliot, 1876Among all nations, through the darkest polytheism glimmer some faint sparks of monotheism.
—Immanuel Kant, 1781Never make a defense or apology before you be accused.
—Charles I, 1636As I would not be a slave, so I would not be a master. This expresses my idea of democracy.
—Abraham Lincoln, c. 1858Television has made dictatorship impossible, but democracy unbearable.
—Shimon Peres, 1995A good dog, sir, deserves a good bone.
—Ben Jonson, 1633Who hears the fishes when they cry?
—Henry David Thoreau, 1849Seamen are the nearest to death and the furthest from God.
—Thomas Fuller, 1732Time’s ruins build eternity’s mansions.
—James Joyce, 1922