Two things only the people anxiously desire, bread and the circus games.
—Juvenal, c. 121
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The more enlightened our houses are, the more their walls ooze ghosts.
—Italo Calvino, 1967Beautiful credit! The foundation of modern society.
—Mark Twain, 1873How sad a sight is human happiness to those whose thoughts can pierce beyond an hour!
—Edward Young, 1741There is much difference between imitating a good man, and counterfeiting him.
—Benjamin Franklin, 1738As is the face, so is the mind.
—Roman proverbThe past is always tense and the future, perfect.
—Zadie Smith, 2000A false report rides post.
—English proverbThough this be madness, yet there is method in’t.
—William Shakespeare, 1603Let me tell you what I think of bicycling. I think it has done more to emancipate women than anything else in the world: it gives women a feeling of freedom and self-reliance. I stand and rejoice every time I see a woman ride by on a wheel. The picture of free, untrammeled womanhood.
—Susan B. Anthony, 1896I reckon being ill as one of the great pleasures of life, provided one is not too ill and is not obliged to work till one is better.
—Samuel Butler, c. 1902We who officially value freedom of speech above life itself seem to have nothing to talk about but the weather.
—Barbara Ehrenreich, 1991There is no small pleasure in sweet water.
—Ovid, c. 10