The only thing that really worried me was the ether. There is nothing in the world more helpless and irresponsible and depraved than a man in the depths of an ether binge. And I knew we’d get into that rotten stuff pretty soon. Probably at the next gas station.
—Hunter S. Thompson, 1971
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I’m doomed to die, right? Why should I care if I go to Hades either with gout in my leg or a runner’s grace? Plenty of people will carry me there.
—Nicharchus, c. 90How can we bear misfortune most easily? If we see our enemies faring worse.
—Thales of Miletus, c. 585 BCGovernments are not overthrown by the poor, who have no power, but by the rich—when they are insulted by their inferiors and cannot obtain justice.
—Dionysius of Halicarnassus, c. 20 BCThere is no solitude in the world like that of the big city.
—Kathleen Norris, 1931Egypt was the mother of magicians.
—Clement of Alexandria, c. 200To teach is to learn twice over.
—Joseph Joubert, c. 1805Technology is so much fun, but we can drown in our technology. The fog of information can drive out knowledge.
—Daniel Boorstin, 1978People will never fight for your freedom if you have not given evidence that you are prepared to fight for it yourself.
—Bayard Rustin, 1986Despotism subjects a nation to one tyrant, democracy to many.
—Marguerite Gardiner, 1839Faith is to believe what you do not see; the reward of this faith is to see what you believe.
—Saint Augustine, c. 400The more sifted, the finer the flour; the more often repeated, the rougher the gossip.
—Korean proverbOne may like the love and despise the lover.
—George Farquhar, 1706