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Imagine a number of men in chains, all under sentence of death, some of whom are each day butchered in the sight of the others; those remaining see their own condition in that of their fellows and, looking at each other with grief and despair, await their turn. This is an image of the human condition.
—Blaise Pascal, 1669Abstainer, n. A weak man who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure.
—Ambrose Bierce, 1906Jesters do oft prove prophets.
—William Shakespeare, c. 1605To eat is to appropriate by destruction.
—Jean-Paul Sartre, 1943I am not resigned to the shutting away of loving hearts in the hard ground.
—Edna St. Vincent Millay, 1928Some folks want their luck buttered.
—Thomas Hardy, 1886Where the telescope ends, the microscope begins. Which of these two has the grander view?
—Victor Hugo, 1862To teach is to learn twice over.
—Joseph Joubert, c. 1805The purest joy is to live without disguise, unconstrained by the ties of a grave reputation.
—Al-Hariri, c. 1108The gratitude is greater than the gift.
—Pierre Corneille, 1641The people are the foundation of the state. If the foundations are firm, the state will be tranquil.
—Classic of History, c. 400 BCFriendship is not possible between two women, one of whom is very well dressed.
—Laurie Colwin, 1978