Commerce tends to wear off those prejudices which maintain distinction and animosity between nations.
—William Robertson, 1769
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No law is sufficiently convenient to all.
—Roman proverbMusic is a beautiful opiate, if you don’t take it too seriously.
—Henry Miller, 1945Do not fear the clatter of wheels, the bumps and slops in corridors. It is only turbulence.
—Romalyn Ante, 2020A joke is at most a temporary rebellion against virtue, and its aim is not to degrade the human being but to remind him that he is already degraded.
—George Orwell, 1945Hatred of domestic work is a natural and admirable result of civilization.
—Rebecca West, 1912You can steal a lot more with a computer than with a gun.
—Gina Smith, 1997The hour of departure has arrived, and we go our ways—I to die, and you to live. Which is better, only the god knows.
—Socrates, 399 BCPeople who’ve drunk neat wine don’t care a damn.
—Hipponax, c. 550 BCI began revolution with eighty-two men. If I had to do it again, I do it with ten or fifteen and absolute faith. It does not matter how small you are if you have faith and plan of action.
—Fidel Castro, 1959
Much money makes a country poor, for it sets a dearer price on every thing.
—George Herbert, 1640After each night we are emptier: our mysteries and our griefs have leaked away into our dreams.
—E.M. Cioran, 1949Despotism subjects a nation to one tyrant—democracy to many.
—Marguerite Gardiner, 1839