Labor is no disgrace.
—Hesiod, c. 700 BC
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The body is an instrument which only gives off music when it is used as a body.
—Anaïs Nin, 1935Despotism achieves great things illegally; democracy doesn’t even take the trouble to achieve small things legally.
—Honoré de Balzac, 1831The mere existence of nuclear weapons by the thousands is an incontrovertible sign of human insanity.
—Isaac Asimov, 1988Enemies to me are the sauce piquant to my dish of life.
—Elsa Maxwell, 1955The deed is everything, the glory naught.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1832A government which robs Peter to pay Paul can always count on the support of Paul.
—George Bernard Shaw, 1944The gift of a common tongue is a priceless inheritance and it may well some day become the foundation of a common citizenship.
—Winston Churchill, 1943A dissolute and intemperate youth hands down the body to old age in a worn-out state.
—Cicero, 44 BCPerish the universe, provided I have my revenge.
—Savinien Cyrano de Bergerac, 1654However harmless a thing is, if the law forbids it, most people will think it wrong.
—W. Somerset Maugham, 1896When a traveler returneth home, let him not leave the countries where he hath traveled altogether behind him.
—Francis Bacon, 1625Happiness depends on being free, and freedom depends on being courageous.
—Pericles, c. 431 BC