No human being is innocent, but there is a class of innocent human actions called games.
—W.H. Auden, 1962
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When one has a famishing thirst for happiness, one is apt to gulp down diversions wherever they are offered.
—Alice Hegan Rice, 1917Often an entire city has suffered because of an evil man.
—Hesiod, c. 700 BCI used to do drugs. I still do, but I used to, too.
—Mitch Hedberg, 1999Uprootedness is by far the most dangerous malady to which human societies are exposed, for it is a self-propagating one.
—Simone Weil, 1943Alongside all swindlers the state now stands there as swindler-in-chief.
—Jacob Burckhardt, c. 1875Writing cannot express words fully; words cannot express thoughts fully.
—The Book of Changes, c. 350 BCYour mind’s got to eat, too.
—Dambudzo Marechera, 1978It is the little causes, long continued, which are considered as bringing about the greatest changes of the earth.
—James Hutton, 1795Good fortune turns aside destruction by a great god.
—Instructions of Ankhsheshonqy, c. 100 BCIf you are a dog and your owner suggests that you wear a sweater, suggest that he wear a tail.
—Fran Lebowitz, 1981The only places where American medicine can fully live up to its possibilities are the teaching hospitals.
—Bernard De Voto, 1951Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
—William Jennings Bryan, 1899