One may like the love and despise the lover.
—George Farquhar, 1706
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My face looks like a wedding cake left out in the rain.
—W.H. Auden, c. 1967Even a paranoid can have enemies.
—Henry Kissinger, 1977Every adolescent has that dream every century has that dream every revolutionary has that dream, to destroy the family.
—Gertrude Stein, 1940The discovery of a new dish does more for human happiness than the discovery of a star.
—Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, 1825To gaze upon a drop of water is to behold the nature of all the waters of the universe.
—Huangbo Xiyun, c. 850Revenge may be wicked, but it’s natural.
—William Makepeace Thackeray, 1847The traveler was active; he went strenuously in search of people, of adventure, of experience. The tourist is passive; he expects interesting things to happen to him. He goes “sightseeing.”
—Daniel Boorstin, 1961Men are merriest when they are from home.
—William Shakespeare, 1599Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.
—Wendell Phillips, 1859Fame is no sanctuary from the passing of youth. Suicide is much easier and more acceptable in Hollywood than growing old gracefully.
—Julie Burchill, 1986The sole business of a seaman onshore who has to go to sea again is to take as much pleasure as he can.
—Leigh Hunt, 1820Of my friends, I am the only one I have left.
—Terence, 161 BC