The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure it is right.
—Judge Learned Hand, 1944
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Every man takes the limits of his own vision for the limits of the world.
—Arthur Schopenhauer, 1851Insurgents are like conquerors: they must go forward; the moment they are stopped, they are lost.
—Duke of Wellington, c. 1819Every ass thinks himself worthy to stand with the king’s horses.
—Gnomologia, 1732If I played in New York, they’d name a candy bar after me.
—Reggie Jackson, 1976The spirit of revolution, the spirit of insurrection, is a spirit radically opposed to liberty.
—François Guizot, 1830All progress is based upon a universal, innate desire on the part of every organism to live beyond its income.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1890Men take diseases, one of another. Therefore let men take heed of their company.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1600For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.
—Book of Ecclesiastes, c. 250 BCArt, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere.
—G.K. Chesterton, 1928Rain is grace; rain is the sky condescending to the earth; without rain there would be no life.
—John Updike, 1989Drunkenness is the very sepulcher / Of man’s wit and his discretion.
—Geoffrey Chaucer, c. 1390The god of music dwelleth out of doors.
—Edith M. Thomas, 1887