There is no work of human hands which time does not wear away and reduce to dust.
—Marcus Tullius Cicero, 46 BC
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Kill a man, and you are an assassin. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill everyone, and you are a god.
—Jean Rostand, 1939I think heaven will not be as good as earth, unless it bring with it that sweet power to remember, which is the staple of heaven here.
—Emily Dickinson, 1879I proclaim night more truthful than the day.
—Léopold Sédar Senghor, 1956Why is a ship under sail more poetical than a hog in a high wind? The hog is all nature, the ship is all art.
—Lord Byron, 1821In peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.
—Herodotus, 440 BCAnd, after all, what is a lie? ’Tis but the truth in masquerade.
—Lord Byron, 1822Better a thousand enemies outside the house than one inside.
—Arabic proverbThe envious die not once, but as often as the envied win applause.
—Baltasar Gracián, 1647When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong.
—Eugene V. Debs, 1918I think that to get under the surface and really appreciate the beauty of any country, one has to go there poor.
—Grace Moore, 1944It is shameful and inhuman to treat men like chattels to make money by, or to regard them merely as so much muscle or physical power.
—Pope Leo XIII, 1891Friendship itself will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.
—Robert Wilson Lynd, 1924