Insurrection of thought always precedes insurrection of arms.
—Wendell Phillips, 1859
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A private sin is not so prejudicial in this world as a public indecency.
—Miguel de Cervantes, 1615Have nothing in your houses that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.
—William Morris, 1882The noblest kind of retribution is not to become like your enemy.
—Marcus Aurelius, c. 175Reading is learning, but applying is also learning and the more important kind of learning at that.
—Mao Zedong, 1936I curse the night, yet doth from day me hide.
—William Drummond, 1616Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we.
—George W. Bush, 2004Secrets 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, 1998We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us but for ours to amuse them.
—Evelyn Waugh, 1963The snotgreen sea. The scrotumtightening sea.
—James Joyce, 1922Every communist must grasp the truth: “Political power grows out of the barrel of a gun.”
—Mao Zedong, 1938Extraordinary how potent cheap music is.
—Noël Coward, 1930It is a greater advantage to be honestly educated than honorably born.
—Erasmus, 1518