The gift of a common tongue is a priceless inheritance and it may well some day become the foundation of a common citizenship.
—Winston Churchill, 1943
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Water is the readiest means of making friends with nature.
—Ludwig Feuerbach, 1841Do not lessen the time of following desire, for the wasting of time is an abomination to the spirit.
—Ptahhotep, c. 2350 BCFrom hell’s heart I stab at thee; for hate’s sake I spit my last breath at thee.
—Herman Melville, 1851Charity begins at home, and justice begins next door.
—Charles Dickens, 1843Are we not ourselves nature, nature without end?
—Stanisław Lem, 1961Some memories are realities, and are better than anything that can ever happen to one again.
—Willa Cather, 1918Glamour cannot exist without personal social envy being a common and widespread emotion.
—John Berger, 1972I do not amuse myself by thinking of dead people.
—Napoleon Bonaparte, 1807Where shall I, of wandering weary, find my resting place at last?
—Heinrich Heine, 1827To know all is not to forgive all. It is to despise everybody.
—Quentin Crisp, 1968Ships at a distance have every man’s wish on board.
—Zora Neale Hurston, 1937The more corrupt the republic, the more numerous the laws.
—Tacitus, c. 117