Fate leads the willing and drags along those who hang back.
—Cleanthes, c. 250 BC
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Unfortunately, humanitarianism has been the mark of an inhuman time.
—G.K. Chesterton, 1932War to the castles; peace to the cottages.
—Nicolas Chamfort, 1790That which is evil is soon learned.
—John Ray, 1670Politics, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1906Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again.
—Willa Cather, 1918For sooner will men hold fire in their mouths than keep a secret.
—Petronius, c. 60It seems to me that we all look at nature too much and live with her too little.
—Oscar Wilde, 1897Yes to a market economy, no to a market society.
—Lionel Jospin, 1998So many men, so many opinions.
—Terence, 161 BCOne doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time.
—André Gide, 1926The future is no more uncertain than the present.
—Walt Whitman, 1856Oligopoly, plutocracy, kleptocracy: All things that are good for a shareholder.
—James J. Cramer, 2006